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WHALES BODY WAS COVERED WITH THOUSANDS OF BARNACLES - A SCIENCE ADVENTURE

Paws and Hearts YouTube brings us this beautiful video... But is this a Delicious Fiction?

LOST WORLD UNDER THE PACIFIC?

THE DEBRIEF : LOST WORLD UNDER THE PACIFIC? 

Excerpt:  An international team of geophysicists using a new imaging technique that measures the speed of seismic waves caused by earthquakes to locate the juncture of tectonic plates in the Earth’s mantle say they have discovered the remnants of what appears to be a “lost world” beneath the Pacific Ocean.

... According to the published study, the team was particularly intrigued by one zone discovered beneath the western Pacific Ocean. That’s because there should be no material from subducted plates there “because it is impossible that there were subduction zones nearby in the recent geological history.”

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You'll want to read this article to learn exactly what they mean when they say "lost worlds" and how the new technology has made a difference in understanding what's beneath the earth's surface!

CAL TECH : NEW TECHNOLOGY TO DETECT EARTH'S PLATES BELOW THE SURFACE

CAL TECH : NEW TECHNOLOGY - EARTH'S PLATES 

Excerpts:  Caltech researchers have developed a new method to study the earth's structure deep beneath the surface, at the boundary between Earth's brittle crust and the underlying mantle, a region called the Mohorovičić discontinuity—Moho for short.

.....On continents, the Moho can be found at depths ranging between 20 and 70 kilometers beneath the surface; in Southern California, the Moho is around 45 kilometers belowground. Attempts had been made to image it using conventional seismometers, but these efforts either yield low-resolution results, on the scale of tens of kilometers, or were prohibitively expensive. With the DAS method, researchers can easily observe the structure of the Moho over large regions at a resolution of a kilometer, providing a far more detailed look at this geologically important region.

CHOOSE A SEA CREATURE THAT FASCINATES YOU! THIS YEAR LEARN AS MUCH AS YOU CAN ABOUT THAT SEA CREATURE!

Fish, whales, dolphins, turtles, worms....

Choose one and learn all you can about it!

What is it's range?  What temperatures does it like to live in? What does it like to eat?  How does it eat?  How long does it usually live? 

So very many things to know!

Siren

MERMAID WEARS BRAIDS

 

DOLPHINS FOUND TO HAVE FENTANYL IN THEIR BODIES and OTHER DRUGS

SCIENCE ALERT : DOLPHINS WITH FENTANYL IN THEIR BODIES 

Excerpts: The researchers found fentanyl — a painkiller 100 times more powerful than morphine – in 24 of the samples, including all post-mortem specimens taken from the six dolphins that had died. The sedative meprobamate and the skeletal muscle relaxant carisoprodol were also found in the marine mammals' blubber.

More than a quarter of Earth's rivers have also been found to contain pharmaceuticals at levels higher than what's considered safe for aquatic organisms, with their waters contributing to concentrations of pollutants in marine environments.

Siren here! I feel sick!

MONTEREY BAY WHALE WATCHERS AMAZED AND WORRIED AFTER SIGHTING OF OLIVE RIDLEY SEA TURTLE

SACRAMENTO BEE : RARE SIGHTING OF OLIVE RIDLEY SEA TURTLE 

It hasn't been seen in the bay since 2013 and it's usually in need of warmer waters.

ROAD TO ATLANTIS NORTH OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS? YELLOW BRICK ROAD

Excerpts: PMNM is one of the largest marine conservation areas in the world, larger than all the national parks in the United States combined, and we've only explored about 3 percent of its seafloor. 

SCIENCE ALERT : YELLOW BRICK ROAD

Go to the website to find out about the fractured rock.

CANADIAN GULLY IS HOME TO NEWLY DISCOVERED FISH WITHOUT A DNA MATCH : ALMOST BLACK WITH BULBOUS HEAD

It’s called the Gully, and it’s a marine protected area under Fisheries and Oceans Canada. More than 9 miles wide, the Gully is “the largest underwater canyon in the western North Atlantic,” the department says, and is filled with endangered and rare species. It was here that in 2009 researchers caught and brought to the surface a mysterious looking fish. The animal had a bulbous head, sleek body and gaping mouth, and was a dark brown, nearly black color, according to a July 24 Facebook post from Fisheries and Oceans Canada. “They sampled and analyzed its DNA,” the department said. “Back then, it did not match any known species and was left without a name.”

MIAMI HERALD : DNA MYSTERY FISH CANADA

IT'S A TYPE OF WHALEFISH (check out the videos)