The Oxygen You’re Breathing May Depend on Iron Dust Falling Into the Ocean

Rutgers University marine scientists are using New Jersey-developed tools to measure how iron shortages in Southern Ocean ...
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Earthquakes Deep Below Antarctic Waters Seem to Have Surprising Effects on Life at the Surface

Shaking caused by quakes may cause ocean floor vents to release more nutrients, triggering blooms in plant-like organisms ...

How a move to the shallows 300,000 years ago drove a phytoplankton bloom

Single-celled algae in the ocean known as coccolithophores play an important role in the marine carbon cycle when they take ...

Oceans struggle to absorb Earth's carbon dioxide as microplastics invade their waters

A new study reveals that microplastics are impairing the oceans' ability to absorb carbon dioxide, a process scientists find ...

Monthly Pensions to Increase 400% Under New Bill—But Only for 61 People

Under the newly proposed Medal of Honor Act, monthly pensions would increase from around $1,400 to $5,625 for some Americans.
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The Magnificent Seven's Market Cap vs. the S&P 500

The Magnificent Seven represent 34.4% of the S&P 500 as of January 2026, up from 12.5% in 2016. From 2016 through 2025, these seven companies achieved an 870.1% return, outperforming the S&P 500. The ...