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Yulia Mayorova/Shutterstock.com Passport strength measures how easy it is to travel for citizens of each country. Countries in Western Europe dominate the list of strongest passports, according to financial consulting company Nomad Capitalist. The US passport allows Americans to travel to many countries, but other factors push it down to 35th place. Passports are your […]
Enlarge (credit: Klaus Stiefel / Flickr) The direct chemical effect of our CO2 emissions on our planet’s oceans gets far less attention than the indirect effects caused by global warming. But CO2 lowers the seawater’s pH—known as “ocean acidification”—and this has been shown to be a serious problem for many species. Acidification makes it harder for […]
From Abzu to Subnautica, the ocean is often a place of vibrant mysteries. In Other Waters is no less mysterious, but takes a far more minimalist approach to its alien depths, presenting its shallows and wrecks and unknown species from the detached perspective of sensors and scanners. As the AI guidance systems for stranded xenobiologist […]
In Other Waters is a narrative adventure that embraces the unknown. It invites you to explore an alien ocean in the distant future and fill in the gaps with your imagination, armed with nothing more than a radar screen and a diving suit with rudimentary artificial intelligence. It’s the biggest project yet from developer Gareth […]
But travelling this way used to be less of a family affair, and more of a glamorous way to travel in style. Now a new exhibition at the V&A reveals the true luxury behind the liners of years gone by. ‘Ocean Liners: Speed and Style’ opens at the London museum on 3rd February, and will […]
A final decision to release over a million tons of radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima plant should be made “within this year,” as its operator is running out of land to store the waste, Japan’s nuclear regulator said. Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the operator of the Fukushima plant, is short on time to […]
Humpback whales are one of the many magnificent creatures to be found in the big blue sea. The species is easily identified by its distinctive dive, which creates a large “hump” shape in their backs giving them their name. They can grow up to 60 feet (18 metres) long – their tail alone can be […]
Published time: 9 Dec, 2017 03:06 Scientists have for the first time been able to record the mysterious ‘hum’ generated by the Earth’s movement deep underwater, a phenomenon which could help us understand the inner workings of the planet. There have been attempts to capture the low-frequency sound since 1959, although it wasn’t until 1998 […]
Drone footage of a humpback whale is going viral after the pilot of the technology accidentally stumped across the great scene. Imgur user AnotheroneSummer posted the unbelievable footage onto Imgur 14 hours ago. Since then the stunning video has had well over a million views and hundreds of comments. AnotheroneSummer said: “Guy flies his drone […]
The first is that it’s actually there at all. Given the pressures on the BBC and the changing world of TV, the idea of having a documentary of such outstanding quality on a national broadcaster is a thing to cherish. Secondly, it’s astonishing to think that a big enough budget still exists to allow for […]
