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Life Without Sunlight: The 1977 Dive That Changed Biology
Until 1977, biology textbooks had a simple rule for life on Earth. Almost every food chain started with sunlight. Plants and algae…
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Life in the sea and the ocean systems that shape our planet, from the surface to the deepest trenches.
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How Whales Went From Walking on Land to Ruling the Ocean
A blue whale never sets foot on land, never breathes anything but ocean air through a hole in the top of its…
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Why So Much of the Ocean Makes Its Own Light
Drop below the reach of sunlight in the ocean, somewhere past 200 meters, and you’d expect total darkness. Instead, you’d find a…
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How Anything Survives at the Bottom of the Mariana Trench
Almost 11 kilometers down, in the deepest known point on Earth, sits a place called the Challenger Deep. The pressure there is…