A hidden world 2.5-kilometre down: How an underwater drone discovered France’s deepest shipwreck | World News

[ad_1] A new era in maritime archaeology has been opened up with the major discovery of a French Navy-controlled shipwreck site at a depth of 2567 meters, far from shore at Ramatuelle in the Mediterranean Sea. According to the official Préfet Maritime de la Méditerranée report, this vessel- dubbed Camarat 4- is the deepest known […]

World’s longest underwater tunnel is being built with 73,000-ton blocks between Denmark and Germany | World News

[ad_1] People often get frustrated with the daily travelling they do to reach their desired destination. There is some good news for people who commute between Denmark and Germany. Millions of passengers who travel from Rodbyhavn and Puttgarden via ferry service, which takes them 45 minutes to reach, can relax now, as after more than […]

Everest wasn’t always a mountain! These 200 million-year-old marine fossils prove the Himalaya was once underwater | World News

[ad_1] Everest wasn’t always a mountain! These 200 million-year-old marine fossils prove the Himalaya was once underwater Imagine standing 8,000 metres above the sea floor at Mount Everest, and you find a marine fossil. You should not be surprised because fossils of marine animals have been documented near the summit of Mount Everest, findings that […]

Ghost trees rising from ice: The 100-year-old earthquake that created Kazakhstan’s eerie underwater forest | World News

[ad_1] The story of nature tucked away in Kazakhstan’s Tian Shan Mountains, Kaindy Lake, seems like something out of a dream. Tree trunks poke eerily out of the water, ghostly and silent. It’s strange. Almost unreal. Locals and travellers alike are drawn to it, though, curious to see a forest frozen in time. Over a […]

Japan’s underwater crop circles mystery turns out to be a mating signal of this small fish | World News

[ad_1] The seabed off southern Japan has long held shapes that look out of place. Divers near Amami Oshima Island began noticing large circular patterns etched into sand in the 1990s, precise enough to seem artificial. Each year, they appeared and then faded, leaving little behind except curiosity. For a long time, no clear explanation […]

What is ocean’s ‘lake of death’? What happens when marine life enters one of deadliest underwater spots |

[ad_1] Brine pools kill marine life because extreme salinity, oxygen absence, and toxic chemicals stop all cellular functions/ Courtesy University of Miami Brine pools, often nicknamed underwater lakes or lakes of death, are some of the most dangerous environments in the ocean. They are pockets of water so salty and oxygen-free that they form sharp, […]

Watch: Russian submarine blows up as Ukraine claims underwater drone strike; first such attack

[ad_1] Russian submarine was reportedly blown up by Ukraine. Ukraine’s security service announced on Monday that its underwater drones successfully struck a Russian submarine in the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, marking the first such attack in the ongoing war with Russia.Ukraine has intensified its naval attacks in recent weeks targeting Russia-linked vessels in the […]

‘Opens up new prospects’: Ancient underwater wall discovered off French coast; hints at coastal societies

[ad_1] Photo credit: Hal Open Science Marine archaeologists in France have discovered a massive 7,000-year-old wall under the sea off the western coast of Brittany, shedding new light on early coastal societies. The 120-metre-long granite structure, found near the Ile de Sein, is the largest underwater construction ever discovered in France. It was accompanied by […]

Zealandia: The underwater eighth continent you didn’t know about | World News

[ad_1] For much of modern geological history, the number of continents seemed fixed and unquestioned. Yet a mostly submerged landmass in the South Pacific has disrupted that familiar picture. Zealandia, sometimes called Earth’s hidden continent, has captured global attention because it challenges long-standing assumptions about what a continent is, how continents form, and why some […]

‘Technology is picking up ghosts underwater’: 9,000 mysterious objects spotted off US shores; experts baffled

[ad_1] A popular UFO-tracking platform is making waves after recording tens of thousands of mysterious underwater objects off the United States’ coastlines. According to Marine Technology News, users of Enigma, a non-partisan organisation that claims to host the “largest queryable historical sighting database for global UFO sightings”, have logged more than 9,000 unidentified underwater sightings […]