A Moment of Science
If salts are constantly washing into rivers, lakes and oceans, why aren't inland lakes salty as well?
Where is the last place you would expect to find a seashell? Probably on the top of a mountain right?
Ocean floors are mysterious places. Thought to be empty because of pressure, temperature & lack of light, they're amazing scientists with an array of organisms.
Around New Guinea, there's a watery hill almost two hundred and fifty feet high. This isn't a hill on the ocean floor, but a hill on the ocean's surface.
How does such a tiny organism do so much to help reduce global warming?
Do you ever stop to think about how all living things are ultimately related? "Life Traces in Lava" on this Moment of Science.
Is Hawaii due for a new volcano? Learn about Hawaii's growing island on this Moment of Science.
Kimberly Sessions, of Atlanta, Georgia wrote to A Moment of Science with the following question: “I know why the ocean is still salty: evaporated water leaves the salt behind. But how did it get salty in the first place?”
Wouldn’t it be nifty if there was a way we could see into rocks without having to break them? Just think of it. If we could see inside of rocks without having to slice them open, then perhaps we could see into rocks on other planets like Mars. And maybe then we could detect forms of life inside these rocks.
When it comes to ocean life, you might assume that the real action occurs down in the depths. After all, that’s where sharks, whales, octopi and other stars of sea do their thing, not to mention the truly weird and wonderful creatures that inhabit the ocean floor.
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