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Did rising seas drive Vikings out of Greenland?

5/16/2023 - By news.harvard.edu. Vikings occupied Greenland from about 985 to 1450 A.D., farming and building communities before they abruptly abandoned their settlements. Why they disappeared has long been a puzzle, but a new paper from the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences determines that one factor — rising sea level — likely played… SEE MORE
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This Arctic Ichthyosaur Should Not Exist

4/2/2023 - By atlasobscura.com. A marine reptile fossil from Svalbard challenges ideas about evolution and Earth’s greatest mass extinction. Australian-born Benjamin Kear is a hunter of the High Arctic. With colleague and friend Jørn Hurum, he chose a quarry, and set off across the treeless expanse of Norway’s Spitsbergen, part of the… SEE MORE
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Frozen in Time: National Marine Sanctuary Researchers Discover Lost Shipwreck Ironton

3/7/2023 - By noaa.gov Researchers from NOAA, the state of Michigan, and Ocean Exploration Trust have discovered an intact shipwreck resting hundreds of feet below the surface of Lake Huron. Located within NOAA's Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary, the shipwreck has been identified as the sailing ship Ironton. Magnificently preserved by the… SEE MORE
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History of Coast Survey

2/17/2023 - By  noaa.gov The Nation's First Scientific Agency [caption id="attachment_44755" align="alignnone" width="512"] U.S._Coast_and_Geodetic_Survey_J_6_1950_Paia_HI via Wikimedia Commons[/caption] On February 10, 1807, President Thomas Jefferson signed "An Act to provide for surveying the coasts of the United States." The effort experienced some growing pains in the early years. Ferdinand Hassler, who was eventually… SEE MORE
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The Spanish town powered by waves

2/15/2023 - By  www.bbc.com [caption id="attachment_44740" align="alignnone" width="512"] Ocean_waves via Wikimedia Commons[/caption] For centuries, inhabitants of the picturesque coastal town of Mutriku have drawn from the ocean's riches. Now they're harnessing its immense power. The Basque town of Mutriku owes its soul to the sea. It sits wedged into a bay carved… SEE MORE
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Huge Iceberg Breaks Off from Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf

2/9/2023 - By gcaptain.com [caption id="attachment_44688" align="alignnone" width="634"] Iceberg_with_hole_near_sanderson_hope_2007-07-28_1 via Wikimedia Commons[/caption] An iceberg the size of metro London has broken off of Antarctica’s Brunt Ice shelf. The calving event was confirmed Monday by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) which first detected growing cracks in the 150-meter-thick ice shelf about a decade… SEE MORE