Oceans
Science News for Students articles on oceans
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Environment
Water’s worldwide travels
Scientists track the movement of ‘virtual water,’ used in the production of goods and exchanged among nations.
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Environment
Suffocating waters
Coastal animals around the world are spending more time in or around waters with too little oxygen.
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Oceans
Life beneath the ‘berg
Scientists find Antarctic icebergs play a new and bigger role in the climate cycle.
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Environment
Underwater racket
The oceans are getting louder, and scientists want to know what that means for marine residents.
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Life
The algae invasion
One of the world's simplest organisms is also one of the hardest to classify.
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Animals
Sponges’ secret weapon
An aquatic animal provides a possible new kind of disease resistance.
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Earth
Salty, old and, perhaps, a sign of early life
Exploring salt deposits, researchers unearthed the planet's oldest-known, complete molecules thought to have been made by living things.