Based on the recent data collected by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, scientists have concluded that the planet's lakes and streams actually existed much longer than previously thought. Created by melting snow, these expansive water bodies were still extant nearly a billion years after the end of Mars' 'wet era', according to the new research. (more…)
Earth's oceans contain more than four billion tons of uranium, which scientists believe could be used to power cities and towns across the globe for the next 10,000 years. Although the heavy metal could one day be used to drive nuclear power plants, the extraction process has so far proved quite difficult. As part of an…
Mars' surface may have been carved up by two, powerful tsunamis that took place billions of years ago. As the scientists point out, these killer waves might have been the result of meteor crashes that rocked the Martian surface. The study, according to the researchers, provides further evidence that the Red Planet once possessed oceans,…
Covering over 70-percent of the Earth's surface, oceans are an inexhaustible storehouse of renewable energy, which due to the lack of proper technologies has remained largely untapped. The brilliant minds at Oscilla Power are hoping to change all that with their innovative Triton design. Based in Seattle, Washington, the company focuses on developing effective, low-cost…
Oceans are home to some of the strangest creatures in the entire planet. Remember the adorable sea slug with beady eyes and floppy feelers that looks like a cute cartoon sheep? More fascinating perhaps is Marcopinna microstoma, a tiny deep-sea fish that sports a completely see-through head. Peeping through the fluid-filled, transparent dome is a pair…
Oceans have an abundance of renewable energy which, due to the lack of proper technologies, sadly goes to waste. Netherlands-based innovator Koen Olthuis, and his firm Waterstudio.NL, have come up with an innovative way of harvesting untapped wave power, in the form of a giant floating breakwater with towering columns similar to that of the…
During late spring and early summer, every year, the North Sea is flooded with massive algal blooms, which bring about a visible change in the color of the water. This curious phenomenon is caused due to the proliferation of microscopic, plant-like organisms, called phytoplankton. Photosynthetic in nature, the algae’s blue-green tint actually alters the color…