Tag Archives: Underwater

A team of explorers believed they discovered an ancient sunken city that would rewrite human history, but the ruins have mysteriously been ignored for 25 years. In 2001, marine engineer Paulina Zelitsky and her husband, Paul Weinzweig, from Advanced Digital Communications (ADC), revealed that they had stumbled upon a collection of stone structures over 2,000 feet underwater near Cuba. Sonar scans …

QUICK FACTS Where is it? Kumani Bank, Caspian Sea [39.5666672, 49.5898615] What’s in the photos? The emergence and rapid disappearance of a volcanic “ghost island” Which satellites took the photos? Landsat 8 and Landsat 9 When were the photos taken? Nov. 18, 2022; Feb. 14, 2023; and Dec. 25, 2024 A striking series of satellite photos shows the brief lifespan …

In an exciting breakthrough, scientists from Fisheries and Oceans Canada made an unexpected discovery off the coast of Vancouver Island—thousands of giant, living eggs at the summit of an active underwater volcano. This remarkable find not only changes our understanding of this remote region but also reveals how volcanic heat can be harnessed by marine life in extraordinary ways. A …

Nearly three miles beneath the eastern Pacific, researchers found pockets of super-salty water trapped in the crust along the Gofar transform fault, one of the planet’s most active undersea plate boundaries. The find promises fresh insight into why this fault delivers magnitude‑6 earthquakes with clock‑like discipline. The survey, led by Christine Chesley of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), used controlled‑source …

These Sharks Don’t Just Glow Blue – They Use Nanotech to Shift Color Underwater  SciTechDaily Blue Sharks May Be Secret Chameleons, Scientists Discover  ScienceAlert Scientists discover another animal that can change colour  The Independent “A Powerful Ability To Produce And Change Colour”: Turns Out Blue Sharks Don’t Always Look Blue  IFLScience “These Sharks Are Masters of Disguise”: Astonished Scientists Uncover Blue Shark’s Unique Ability …