One of the most challenging water-rescue training programs in the world is run by the Coast Guard on the Columbia River when the conditions are at their roughest.
Tag: Oceans and Seas
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Scientists Get a Close-Up Look Beneath a Troubling Ice Shelf in Antarctica
A robot lowered through the ice reveals how the Thwaites shelf is melting, which will help forecast its effect on global sea level.
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Dolphins Can Shout Underwater, but It’s Never Loud Enough
Researchers found that dolphins confronted with noise increase the volume and duration of their calls to one another but struggle to cooperate.
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Something About This Mysterious Fossil Graveyard Was Fishy
For decades, paleontologists have tried to explain what they assumed was a 230-million-year-old scene of mass death.