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Indonesia volcano erupts, spews tower of smoke and ash

Straits Times 24 Mar 2023

Indonesia is home to about 130 active volcanoes due to its position on the “Ring of Fire”, a belt of tectonic plate boundaries circling the Pacific Ocean where frequent seismic activity occurs ... AFP ....

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Red Sea is younger, smaller version of Atlantic Ocean - Saudi study

The Jerusalem Post 22 Mar 2023

Many view it as an extended rift basin where two continental plates are actively moving apart, while others see it as a fully developed ocean with a mid-ocean ridge and seafloor spreading ... new oceanic crust between the continental plates in a process known as seafloor spreading.

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Africa is splitting into two as new ocean forms, researchers say

The Jerusalem Post 22 Mar 2023

Tectonic plate shifts in Ethiopia show that the African continent is splitting in two – paving the way for Earth’s sixth ocean to emerge, according to researchers. The shift between tectonic plates has been ongoing since the East African Rift – a 35-mile-long crack in Ethiopia’s desert – emerged in 2005.

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Seeing through sediment reveals Red Sea tectonics

Phys Dot Org 21 Mar 2023

Many regard it as an extended rift basin where two continental plates are actively moving apart, while others see it as a fully developed ocean with a mid-ocean ridge and seafloor spreading ... new oceanic crust between the continental plates in a process known as seafloor spreading.

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Bill that could spare N.J. drivers from thousands of tickets heads to gov’s desk

Lehigh Valley 21 Mar 2023

A bill that could spare Jersey drivers from hundreds of thousands of summonses for displaying a license plate frame that partly covers the words “New Jersey” or “Garden State” passed the state Senate on Monday and now goes to Gov ... Patrick Diegnan Jr., D-Middlesex, and the late state Assemblyman Ronald Dancer, R-Ocean, who were primary sponsors.

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Newly-Discovered Volcanic Plume-Dwelling Bacteria Boost Prospects For Life Within Icy Moons

IFL Science 20 Mar 2023

Members of the Sulfurimonas group of bacteria have found a way to thrive in the smoky plumes at the bottom of the ocean, even without other sources of food ... At tectonic plate boundaries in the deep ocean, hot minerals spew into the water from hydrothermal vents.

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Ask Don Paul: Could climate change end life on Earth?

The Buffalo News 20 Mar 2023

Early in our solar system’s development, there is reason to believe Venus possessed vast oceans, which could have even contained microbial life ... As the sun slowly grew larger and hotter, the heating eventually caused boiling evaporation of the Venusian oceans ... At around that time, the brighter sun will begin to boil off our oceans.

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Ecuador, Peru authorities assess damage after earthquake that killed at least 15

Union Leader 19 Mar 2023

"We will continue working all weekend," President Guillermo Lasso tweeted in a video overnight ... Dozens of health centers and educational units also registered impacts ... Ecuador and Peru are part of the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, an extensive area that surrounds the Pacific Ocean where clashes between the continental plates are frequent.� ....

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The Ten Best Seafood Restaurants in Miami 2023

Miami New Times 15 Mar 2023

From Biscayne Bay to the Atlantic Ocean, Miami's glorious proximity to open waters puts the city on the map as a prime destination for seafood and summer vibes year-round ... Listed alphabetically, here are Miami’s top spots for finding the ocean’s bounty on a plate.

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New ocean in making? Africa slowly splitting into two, scientists predict nature's rarest move

DNA India 14 Mar 2023

According to Moore, who has been deploying satellite radar to track volcanic event in East Africa that is related to the continent's split, it was detected that oceanic plates is beginning to develop since it is clearly separate from earth's crust in their structure and density, told NBC News in 2018.

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A 19th-century 'dinner plate' tool is still useful in ocean science

Phys Dot Org 14 Mar 2023

A Secchi disk—historically called a "dinner plate" by sailors—is used in the open ocean to measure concentrations of microscopic algae called phytoplankton ... A 19th-century 'dinner plate' tool is still useful in ocean science (2023, March 14) retrieved 14 March 2023 from https.//phys.org/news/2023-03-19th-century-dinner-plate-tool-ocean.html.

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Stripping Confederate ties, U.S. Navy renames two vessels

The Spokesman-Review 12 Mar 2023

Navy warship named after him, as will Marie Tharp, a pioneering ocean geologist ... Navy commander who resigned in 1861 to join the Confederate Navy during the Civil War and who is known as “Pathfinder of the Seas” for his work charting the global paths of ocean currents.

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Researchers Discover Unknown Molten Layer Below Earth’s Surface

The Epoch Times 10 Mar 2023

... of tectonic plates ... Continents and oceans exist on 15 moving blocks called tectonic plates which comprise the upper mantle and the lower crust.

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Biologists discover bacteria living in 'smoke' of underwater volcanoes in the Arctic ocean

Indian Express 10 Mar 2023

At tectonic plate boundaries deep under the ocean, there are \u201chydrothermal vents\u201d from which hot fluids rise ... In order to sample these hydrothermal plumes, the researchers took a challenging sampling trip to hydrothermal plumes in the Central Arctic and South Atlantic Ocean ... This new species inhabits those cold hydrothermal plumes ... .

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Everything Fisker Is Promising with Its $29,900 Pear EV—So Far

Yahoo Daily News 10 Mar 2023

Up front, the Pear is admittedly far more conventional and more Ocean-like in appearance, albeit with a tall honeycomb of black plastic beneath the plate niche that houses the forward-facing sensor cluster—a detail that we hope will get some further work as production draws closer.