In an effort, initally, to raise $30,000 for Blue Planet Run, a charity dedicated to providing clean water to those without it, 22 year old Katie Spotz just rowed solo across the Atlantic Ocean. It took her 70 days, 5…
Young Lady Rowing Across Atlantic Ocean on Her Own
A young American lady, Katie Spotz, has just started to row across the Atlantic Ocean on her own. Why? Katie, 22 years old, hopes to raise $30,000 for Blue Planet Run and give clean water to 1,000 people by doing…
Turtles Tracked Around the World
Starting on Christmas, yesterday, two sea turtles that are being tracked by scientists as they swim around the world’s oceans can also be tracked online by common, interested folks. The turtles, named Noelle and Darwinia, are both females and are…
Atlantic Ocean is Rising Faster than Previous 4,000 Years
An international team of scientists has determined that the Atlantic Ocean rose faster in the 20th century than at any time in the last 4,000 years, but not uniformly along the coast. One of the researchers, assistant professor Benjamin Horton…
3 New Species Found in Underwater Cave in Canary Islands
Texas A&M professor and world-leading cave researcher, Tom Iliffe, and others discovered numerous new species in an underwater cave a mile long in the Canary Islands recently. The cave was in Lanzarote off the coast of Africa in the Atlantic…