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Researchers say oxygen is being produced on the ocean floor. The mining company funding them isn’t happy

Oxygen is being produced on the ocean floor — seemingly by ancient lumps of metal — according to a new study.…

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Busy 2024 hurricane season expected in Atlantic Ocean

All signs are pointing to a very busy hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean. The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric…

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New $25M facility allows Canada’s ocean scientists, military to share research

A new $25-million marine research centre opened Monday in Dartmouth, N.S., to co-ordinate the sophisticated underwater platforms used by Canada…

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Nova Scotia

Ocean technology centre goes to court over Dartmouth Cove infilling approval

A Nova Scotia ocean technology research and development hub is going to court against Transport Canada, after the department approved a construction…

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Canada

Orca’s ocean escape from B.C. lagoon will be talked about for generations, says First Nation

An orphaned killer whale calf’s escape from a remote Vancouver Island tidal lagoon, where it had been trapped for more than…

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Nova Scotia

Goldboro LNG plant proponent wants to sell permits to Irish ocean energy company

The Alberta-based energy company that abandoned plans to build a liquefied natural gas terminal on Nova Scotia’s Eastern Shore is…

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Tech

‘CSI on the ocean’: Whale researchers comb B.C. waters for eDNA

It was just after 8 a.m. when Gary Sutton and his crew spotted the signature black dorsal fins cutting through the…

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Canada

Killer whale rescue team continues efforts to coax calf to ocean

A flotilla of up to 10 vessels, taking advantage of the best tidal flows in days, was on the waters…

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Tech

Human-caused climate change fuels hottest February on record, all-time high ocean warming

For the ninth straight month, Earth has obliterated global heat records — with February, the winter as a whole and…

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Canada

Talk about chilling out: How Signal Hill and the ocean keep these swimmers active in winter

The Coldwater Cowgals swim all winter long. (Ted Dillon/CBC) It’s hard to beat a hot summer day in Newfoundland and…

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