Hacker News with Generative AI: Oceans

NOAA Datasets Will Soon Disappear (eos.org)
NOAA has quietly reported that they will soon decommission 14 datasets, products, and catalogs related to earthquakes and marine, coastal, and estuary science.
Science, Data, NOAA, Earthquakes, Oceans
16 points by lastdong 23 days ago | 3 comments
Earth's oceans used to be green, and they could turn purple next (newatlas.com)
For ages, Earth has been known as a blue planet, a vision largely shaped by the vast oceans that cover three-quarters of its surface. But what if this wasn't always the case, and our oceans used to be green? That's the surprising claim in a new study published in Nature Geology & Evolution.
Earth Science, Oceans, Evolution, Climate Change
30 points by Brajeshwar 26 days ago | 3 comments
Uranus' moon Miranda may have an ocean beneath its surface (phys.org)
A new study suggests Uranus' moon Miranda may harbor a water ocean beneath its surface, a finding that would challenge many assumptions about the moon's history and composition and could put it in the company of the few select worlds in our solar system with potentially life-sustaining environments.
Astronomy, Moons, Oceans, Solar System, Life
39 points by geox 201 days ago | 7 comments
Scientists Will Engineer the Ocean to Absorb More Carbon Dioxide (scientificamerican.com)
Scientists plan to seed part of the Pacific Ocean with iron to trigger a surface bloom of phytoplankton that will hopefully suck carbon dioxide out of the air, reviving field trials of a geoengineering technique that has been taboo for more than a decade.
Climate Change, Geoengineering, Science, Oceans, Environmentalism
3 points by LinuxBender 253 days ago | 1 comments
Oceans face 'triple threat' of extreme heat, oxygen loss and acidification (theguardian.com)
Oceans, Climate Change, Environmental Science, Acidification
17 points by racional 353 days ago | 0 comments