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Most Plastic in the Ocean Is Invisible—And Deadly
Nanoplastics—particles smaller than a human hair—can pass through cell walls and enter the food web. New research suggest 27 ...
Fact Check: Did an Ocean Current Reverse?
A report from a European news wire agency on the reversal of an important ocean current has sparked alarm online.
Watch: Florida lifeguards rescue struggling deer from Atlantic Ocean
Lifeguards at a Florida beach rescued an unusual struggling swimmer from the Atlantic Ocean: a white-tailed deer.
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Atlantic Ocean's Nanoplastic Problem Revealed in Shocking New Study
Motes of plastic less than a micrometer across could outnumber larger fragments and particles floating through the oceans to a shocking extent, a new study has discovered.
US Nuclear Command Plane Seen Flying Over Atlantic
The E-6B aircraft provides the National Command Authority with "survivable, reliable, and endurable" nuclear command.
Tornado warning expires in Atlantic, Ocean counties in New Jersey
More severe storms are possible Thursday in New Jersey after a tornado warning was issued in Atlantic and Ocean counties on ...
Commentary points to the importance of forecasting a pause in Northwest Atlantic warming
A new invited commentary by Ke Chen, associate scientist in the Physical Oceanography department at Woods Hole Oceanographic ...
Greensboro native recounts harrowing plane crash that left him and a friend stranded in the Atlantic Ocean
Regensburg reached into the back of the plane and pulled out an emergency raft before throwing it on the wing and deploying ...