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An Australian weatherman jumped into the surf off the Gold Coast on Friday to retrieve a body that had been missing since Thursday, 9News reports. Luke Bradnam, a reporter for Channel Nine in Australia, had just finished filming a live segment about the treacherous conditions in Narrowneck when he saw someone that he believed to be struggling […]
A new theory being proposed by those looking to get the iceberg off the hook (at least partially) for sinking the Titanic has been put forth by researchers who have instead decided to pin some of that disaster on the sun. On a related note, let this be the part where we say that alternative […]
Nestled between Mars and Jupiter in the asteroid belt, the dwarf planet Ceres is believed to have once had all the essential minerals—liquid water, energy, and carbon-bearing organic molecules—required to sustain life, National Geographic reports. NASA’s Dawn spacecraft orbited Ceres for about a year to learn more about the formation of bright spots made up […]
Cast Away could’ve been a lot shorter. Three men were rescued from a small Pacific island after drawing a massive SOS signal in the sand that was spotted from the air, authorities told the Associated Press. The men were stranded on Pikelot Island—an uninhabited spot in the Micronesia archipelago—for nearly three days before searchers on an Australian […]
As places around the world begin to close their businesses and borders, there are still a number of cruise ships stranded at sea that can’t get dock due to coronavirus concerns. The Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) is made up of 38 cruise companies with a total of 277 ships. On March 13, the CLIA decided to suspend operations […]
It has been said time and time again—Earth is headed to hell in a hand basket. Now, a new study titled “Record-Setting Ocean Warmth Continued in 2019” further proves this fact by taking a look at the world’s oceans and showing just how much of an absolute disaster we have created. You know, to put it lightly. The study looks at the temperature […]
Authorities are still searching for the body of a man who died after being attacked by a great white shark on Sunday, Newsweek reports. Around 1 p.m. local time, Australian authorities started to receive reports that a shark attacked a man. ABC News Australia says that the victim was diving near the West Beach of Cull Island when he encountered the […]
Friday morning brought the collision of two Carnival Cruise Line ships at a port in Cozumel, Mexico. Ocean so mf big its uncomprehendable but yet yall still find a way to do this😂😭Two Carnival cruise ships collide near Cozumel, Mexico https://t.co/Uu3WuqNrGL — G (@Gunnarrrrrrr) December 20, 2019 A Carnival Legend ship was struck […]
An overwhelming number of “penis fish” have washed up on a California beach, according to the BBC. They aren’t actually called “penis fish,” instead, they’re known as fat innkeeper worms (Urechis caupo). Their sudden appearance on Drakes Beach, some 50 miles north of San Francisco, has many scratching their heads. But Ivan Parr, a biologist […]
A sperm whale that washed up on the shores of a Scottish island last week was discovered to have 220 pounds of trash in its stomach. As CNN reports via the Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme, the young whale died last week after it washed up on the Isle of Harris in the Outer Hebrides, […]
