12-07-26 How quickly can new species arise? In as little as 6,000 years, according to a study of Australian sea stars. That's unbelievably fast compared to most organisms, said Rick Grosberg, professor of evolution and ecology at UC Davis and coauthor on the...

12-07-07 The United States government has assured its citizens that, much like zombies, mermaids probably do not exist, saying in an official post: No evidence of aquatic humanoids has ever been found. 美国政府向其公民保证，美人鱼在很大程度上就如僵尸一样，很...

12-07-05 Plastic pollution off the northwest coast of North America is reaching the level of the notoriously polluted North Sea, according to a new study led by a researcher at the University of British Columbia. The study, published online in the journal Ma...

12-06-08 A team of researchers, including scientists from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), discovered a massive bloom of phytoplankton（浮游植物） beneath ice-covered Arctic waters. Until now, sea ice was thought to block sunlight and limit the g...

12-05-27 Marine scientists studying life around deep-sea vents have discovered that some hardy species can survive the extreme change in pressure that occurs when a research submersible（能潜水的） rises to the surface. The team's findings, published in Cons...

12-05-11 The Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf fringing the Weddell Sea, Antarctica, may start to melt rapidly in this century and no longer act as a barrier for ice streams draining the Antarctic Ice Sheet. These predictions are made by climate researchers of the Al...

12-05-10 As people pump groundwater for irrigation, drinking water, and industrial uses, the water doesn't just seep（渗） back into the ground -- it also evaporates（蒸发） into the atmosphere, or runs off into rivers and canals, eventually emptying into（...

12-04-23 China's first aircraft carrier set out on a low-profile sea trial Wednesday, its first journey under the Chinese flag. 周三，中国第一艘航母低调出海试航，开启了它在中国国旗下的处女航。 文中的sea trial就是试航，试航主要测试船舶的机动性能及是否适航，一...

12-04-14 After an entire century that included two high-profile government investigations and countless books and movies, we're still debating what really caused the Titanic to hit an iceberg and sink on that crystal-clear chilly night. 泰坦尼克号沉没一百周...

12-04-11 Rapidly dropping water levels of the Dead Sea, the lowest point on Earth's surface heralded（通报） for its medicinal properties, has been a source of ecological concern for years. Now a drilling project led by researchers from Tel Aviv University a...