Articles (Ocean)

Monsters of the Ocean: The Grotesque Pacific Viperfish
(Microorganism, Animal and Plant Life)

The pacific viperfish, Chauliodus sloani, is one of the most grotesque-looking deep ocean fish in existence; the kind of fish that could be featured in a horror movie.


Monsters of the Ocean: The Elusive Giant Squid
(Microorganism, Animal and Plant Life)

The elusive giant squid, known to science as Architeuthis dux, is a true sea monster.


Camouflage: Marine Hide and Seek
(Microorganism, Animal and Plant Life)

Camouflage is a process through which animals change colors in accordance with the surrounding environment, becoming hardly distinguishable from it.


Nature's Palette: Natural Aquarelle
(Earth Sciences)

Blue, green, or transparent, what is the real color of water? When you look at a glass of water, you see it is colorless; why is it then that when you stand by a lake, sea, or ocean, the water is blue?


Ocean Circulation
(Earth Sciences)

Ocean circulation is the vast water motion inside ocean basins; the Sun, wind, Earth’s rotation, tides, and water density discrepancies affect those currents.


Sharks’ Critical Role in Life on Earth
(Microorganism, Animal and Plant Life)

Sharks existed one million years before humans and survived for 450 million years; now, they are in danger of extinction.


The Blue Whale
(Microorganism, Animal and Plant Life)

As new species everyday face the risk of extinction, “survival for the fittest” becomes a bitter reality that cannot be ignored. Although Blue Whales are the largest creatures on Earth.


World Oceans Day: 8 June
(Earth Sciences)

The oceans, covering some 71% of the Earth’s surface, are the foundation of human life. They have always been a prime source of nourishment for the life it helped generate and served as well for trade and commerce.


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