How Much Water is There on Earth? | U. S. Geological Survey The Earth is a watery place But just how much water exists on, in, and above our planet? About 71 percent of the Earth's surface is water-covered, and the oceans hold about 96 5 percent of all Earth's water
Shark evolution: a 450 million year timeline | Natural . . . Golden age of sharks The Carboniferous Period, which began 359 million years ago, is known as the ‘golden age of sharks’ An extinction event at the end of the Devonian killed off at least 75% of all species on Earth, including many lineages of fish that once swam the oceans
New Seamount and Previously Unknown Species Discovered in . . . Twenty possible new species discovered across ten seamounts, the first ever recording of a rare squid, and thriving deep-sea coral reefs were located during an expedition to international waters of the Nazca Ridge Video and photos are available here VALPARAISO, Chile – A team of oceanographers led by Schmidt Ocean Institute have discovered and mapped … Continued
Planetary boundaries - Stockholm Resilience Centre Since then, there has been further engagement with companies in financial investment, food, textiles, building, technology, and household goods sectors 2011 Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged global society to “Help us defend the science that shows we are destabilising our climate and stretching planetary boundaries to a perilous
Astronomers detect oldest black hole ever observed Researchers have discovered the oldest black hole ever observed, dating from the dawn of the universe, and found that it is ‘eating’ its host galaxy to death It’s a new era: the giant leap in sensitivity, especially in the infrared, is like upgrading from Galileo’s telescope to a modern telescope overnight
Ten remarkable new marine species from 2023 - Ocean Decade Nominated species must have been described between January 1st and December 31st, 2023, and have come from the marine environment (including fossil taxa) A small committee of volunteers (including both taxonomists and data managers) was brought together to decide upon the final candidates
Osmoregulation by Vertebrates in Aquatic Environments We tabulate 1,251 new species recognitions, at least 172 unions, and multiple major, higher-level changes, including an additional 88 genera (1,314 now, compared to 1,226 in MSW3) and 14 newly