12/23/25
12/20/25
SUNDALAND LANDMASS ON INDONESIAN SEAFLOOR - 140,000 YEAR OLD HUMAN BONES!
ARCHEOLOGY ORG : 160,000 CITY AT BOTTOM OF SEA - HUMAN BONES!
Wow!
Excerpt: Dredging operations in the Madura Strait recovered two fragments of 140,000-year-old H. erectus skull among the fossilized remains of 36 vertebrate species. This now-submerged region was once part of a landmass called Sundaland, which connected the Indonesian archipelago to the Asian mainland during the last Ice Age. These fossils—the first that have ever been retrieved from the seafloor—have provided researchers with important new information about H. erectus’ behavior.
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DAILY MAIL SCIENCE - HIDDEN CITY BUILT 140,000 YEARS AGO
This one has pictures of the human bones!
12/18/25
OCEAN PLASTIC CLEAN UP! OCEAN GYRES : IT'S NOT JUST THE PACIFIC : HERE IS A PROPOSED PROJECT
OCEAN PLASTIC CLEAN UP - OCEAN GYRES IN ALL OCEANS
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There are 5 swirling ocean garbage patches called gyres. Garbage patches generally accumulate far from any country’s coastline, and it is nearly impossible to track the origin of marine debris. The tiny plastic particles that make up most of the patches are also very difficult and expensive to detect and remove.1. NORTH ATLANTIC GYRE
2. SOUTH ATLANTIC GYRE
3. INDIAN OCEAN GYRE
4. NORTH PACIFIC GYRE
5. SOUTH PACIFIC GYRE
To date no nation has accepted responsibility for cleaning up the ocean’s garbage patches to the extent that they will agree to fund ocean cleaning up operations. Such Agreement could allow a commercial approach to venture capitalists. .....
Keep Reading - Go to the Link!
12/16/25
ATLANTIC TRASH PATCH : NOT AS BIG AS THE ONE IN THE PACIFIC BUT AS TRAGIC
ATLAS OBSURA : ATLANTIC GARBAGE PATCH
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As four major currents in the North Atlantic Ocean between Virginia and Cuba push rubbish through the sea, it gets absorbed into a giant marine trash island we now call the North Atlantic Garbage Patch. ...
Using this data, scientists estimate that the North Atlantic Garbage Patch is hundreds of kilometers in size and has a density of 200,000 pieces of trash per square kilometer in some places. Despite its enormous size and density, the patch is, more often than not, invisible to the naked eye and even satellite imaging. The photodegradable plastic that makes up the vast majority of the mass shrinks to smaller than .01 of an inch and is pushed under the surface of the water by deep waves. Unfortunately, this attribute makes it all the more likely that the plastic - and all of its pollutants - will be swallowed by aquatic creatures.
Using this data, scientists estimate that the North Atlantic Garbage Patch is hundreds of kilometers in size and has a density of 200,000 pieces of trash per square kilometer in some places. Despite its enormous size and density, the patch is, more often than not, invisible to the naked eye and even satellite imaging. The photodegradable plastic that makes up the vast majority of the mass shrinks to smaller than .01 of an inch and is pushed under the surface of the water by deep waves. Unfortunately, this attribute makes it all the more likely that the plastic - and all of its pollutants - will be swallowed by aquatic creatures.
12/14/25
THE GREAT PACIFIC GARBAGE PATCH ? WHERE IS IT? WHAT IS IT? (THE SIZE OF TEXAS!)
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EDU : GREAT PACIFIC GARBAGE PATCH
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a collection of marine debris in the North Pacific Ocean. Marine debris is litter that ends up in oceans, seas, and other large bodies of water.
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, also known as the Pacific trash vortex, spans waters from the West Coast of North America to Japan. The patch is actually comprised of the Western Garbage Patch, located near Japan, and the Eastern Garbage Patch, located between the U.S. states of Hawai'i and California.
These areas of spinning debris are linked together by the North Pacific Subtropical Convergence Zone, located a few hundred kilometers north of Hawai'i. This convergence zone is where warm water from the South Pacific meets up with cooler water from the Arctic. The zone acts like a highway that moves debris from one patch to another....
Keep reading! Go to that link above!
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a collection of marine debris in the North Pacific Ocean. Marine debris is litter that ends up in oceans, seas, and other large bodies of water.
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, also known as the Pacific trash vortex, spans waters from the West Coast of North America to Japan. The patch is actually comprised of the Western Garbage Patch, located near Japan, and the Eastern Garbage Patch, located between the U.S. states of Hawai'i and California.
These areas of spinning debris are linked together by the North Pacific Subtropical Convergence Zone, located a few hundred kilometers north of Hawai'i. This convergence zone is where warm water from the South Pacific meets up with cooler water from the Arctic. The zone acts like a highway that moves debris from one patch to another....
Keep reading! Go to that link above!
12/9/25
HOW TO DEFINE? LET'S ASK NOAA and USCS WHAT ENDANGERED, THREATENED, IMPERILED, and AT-RISK MEAN
First let's see what NOAA has to say...
OCEAN SERVICE : NOAA GOV THREATENED and ENDANGERED SPECIES
Excerpt: The ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT (ESA) defines an endangered species as "any species which is in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range." Endangered species are automatically protected by prohibitions of several types of "take," including harming, harassing, collecting, or killing, under Section 9 of the ESA. There are some limited exceptions to these rules listed in Section 10 of the ESA. The Kemp's ridley turtle, considered the smallest marine turtle in the world, is listed as an endangered species throughout its range of the Gulf of America and entire U.S. Atlantic seaboard.
The ESA defines a threatened species as "any species which is likely to become an endangered species within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range." Threatened species receive protections through separate regulations issued under Section 4(d) of the ESA. These regulations occur separately from the listing and detail what take prohibitions are in effect. Also called 4(d) rules, they can include the same prohibitions under Section 9.
Excerpt: Under the ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT (ESA), plant and animal species may be listed as either endangered or threatened. “Endangered” means a species is in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range. “Threatened” means a species is likely to become endangered within the foreseeable future.
States have their own ESA-type laws, so species can have different Threatened/Endangered statuses at the federal and state levels. The USGS typically refers to the federal status unless otherwise noted.
"Imperiled" or "at risk" are not legal terms under ESA, but more biological terms. Generally speaking, they are animals and plants that are in decline and may be in danger of extinction. Those terms can include species that are at low populations and near extinction but still not legally protected under ESA.
OCEAN SERVICE : NOAA GOV THREATENED and ENDANGERED SPECIES
Excerpt: The ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT (ESA) defines an endangered species as "any species which is in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range." Endangered species are automatically protected by prohibitions of several types of "take," including harming, harassing, collecting, or killing, under Section 9 of the ESA. There are some limited exceptions to these rules listed in Section 10 of the ESA. The Kemp's ridley turtle, considered the smallest marine turtle in the world, is listed as an endangered species throughout its range of the Gulf of America and entire U.S. Atlantic seaboard.
The ESA defines a threatened species as "any species which is likely to become an endangered species within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range." Threatened species receive protections through separate regulations issued under Section 4(d) of the ESA. These regulations occur separately from the listing and detail what take prohibitions are in effect. Also called 4(d) rules, they can include the same prohibitions under Section 9.
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States have their own ESA-type laws, so species can have different Threatened/Endangered statuses at the federal and state levels. The USGS typically refers to the federal status unless otherwise noted.
"Imperiled" or "at risk" are not legal terms under ESA, but more biological terms. Generally speaking, they are animals and plants that are in decline and may be in danger of extinction. Those terms can include species that are at low populations and near extinction but still not legally protected under ESA.
12/6/25
HE TAUGHT AN OCTOPUS TO PLAY THE PIANO
I had to see (and hear) this... This man bought his octopus at a fish market.
Have I told you I no longer eat seafood?
What do you think about this?
12/3/25
WORLD WAR II LOST SUBMARINE FOUND! RELATIVELY INTACT
SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE : WWII SUBMARINE FOUND AFTER 80 YEARS
Excerpt: The vessel is submerged under 3,000 feet of water in the South China Sea near Luzon, an island at the northern end of the Philippines. The USS Harder is sitting upright on the seafloor and is relatively intact, except for damage to its conning tower from the Japanese depth-charge that sank the submarine.Check out the four-dimensional photogrammetry model photo!
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12/1/25
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