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  1. US Air Force flight from New Zealand to Antarctica turns back after Russian space warning

    A U.S. Air Force cargo flight traveling from New Zealand to Antarctica unexpectedly turned around after a warning…
    #NewsBeep #News #Headlines #Antarctica #Indian #IndianOcean #NewZealand'sCivilAviationAuthority #russian #Space.com #TheU.S.AirForce #U.S.AirForce #World
    newsbeep.com/721608/

  2. Dinner down at the #ScarboroughBeach #SunsetMarkets here in #NoongarCountry .

    We were treated to a stunning sunset over the #IndianOcean. The anonymous couple in front of us provided the perfect framing.

    #Nikon #P900 postprocessed in #Snapseed. #Photography

    #WesternAustralia #PerthWesternAustralia

  3. Anatomy Of A Seafloor Spreading Event Captured By In Situ Seismogeodesy
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    doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-107 <-- shared paper
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    smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ <-- shared technical media article
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    H/T @Seabed 2030
    “🔍 For the first time, scientists have observed seafloor spreading in real time.
    Seafloor spreading is the process by which new oceanic crust is formed at mid-ocean ridges - a geological process that has shaped entire ocean basins over millions of years.
    During a research expedition in the Indian Ocean, scientists had just deployed a suite of instruments when a series of earthquakes triggered a seafloor spreading event, allowing them to observe the process as it unfolded.
    The findings offer rare new insights into how new oceanic crust forms and how the seafloor continues to evolve…”
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    “Earth’s outermost layer - the crust - is constantly renewing itself. It’s broken into giant chunks called tectonic plates that pull apart, push against or slide past one another, creating grand geologic features.
    Underwater mountain ranges, or mid-ocean ridges, for instance, generally take shape where two tectonic plates are moving away from each other. Magma can then bubble up in between, solidifying and turning into new oceanic crust as part of a process called seafloor spreading. Although the phenomenon has created entire ocean basins, it remains quite mysterious because it happens so deep in the water.
    Now, for the first time, scientists have observed this dynamic activity happening in real time. They describe their findings - and their stroke of luck - in a study [link above], shedding light on a mechanism that made roughly two-thirds of Earth’s crust…”
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    #Seabed2030 #OceanMapping #Hydrospatial #remotesensing #seafloor #seafloorspreading #oceanic #crust #geology #structuralgeology #IndianOcean #earthquake #midoceanridge #instrumentation #marine #seabed #hydrography #model #modeling #mapping #GIS #spatial #tectonicplates #magma #fortuitous #survey #seismogeodetic #monitoring #submarine #rifting #observation #volcanism #seismicity #dyke #fault #faulting #midoceanridge #MOR

  4. Underwater Images From the Seychelles

    Photographs from a week of diving in the inner Seychelles — most shot from the liveaboard S.Y. Sea Bird, the rest from resort boat dives off Mahé. Seven galleries: reef, batfish, nudibranchs, octopus, ambush predators, echinoderms and coral restoration.

    scubahanknyc.com/2026/07/26/un

  5. Thursday, July 23, 2026

    Ukrainian defense firm Skyfall unveils new JetKiller interceptor drone . . . . . Ukrainian drones strike oil refinery, explosions seen near 'Russia's Amazon' logistics hub . . . . . 13 more Russian shadow fleet vessels struck in Azov Sea and Black Sea over last 2 days . . . . . Russians are furious about Ukraine's new Commander-in-Chief Drapatyi . . . . . and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  6. 💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐋🦴 Chinese scientists piloting the submersible Fendouzhe in the southeast #IndianOcean found fossil sites spanning 1,200 km at depths up to 7,000 m.

    The #bones belong mostly to beaked #whales, with the oldest dating back 5.3 million years. Living #jellyfish, brittle stars, and bone-boring #worms still call these ancient carcasses home, allowing whale fall to serve as a #deepsea #ecosystem.

    👉 popsci.com/environment/whale-g

    #fossils #marinebiology #science #beakedwhales #paleontology #submersible #nature #pliocene #ocean #expedition

  7. The #NIC is composed of veteran analysts who produce classified assessments meant to represent the collective wisdom of Washington’s 18 #intelligence agencies.
    The #CIA referred questions to the #ODNI [#TulsiGabbard], which declined to comment. The White House did not say if #Trump was briefed on this assessment before approving the #military operation, which has quickly expanded east to include submarine warfare in the #IndianOcean & west to counter-missile showdowns near #NATO member #Turkey.​

  8. Экипаж иранского вспомогательного корабля Bushehr решил в полном составе 208 человек сдаться властям Шри-Ланки.

    Это произошло после потопления иранского фрегата американской подводной лодкой недалеко от берегов острова.

    Власти Шри-Ланки проводили консультации не только с капитаном и экипажем корабля, но и с иранским посольством.

    В итоге шри-ланкийцы все же решили принять сдачу иранцев и заявили, что будут действовать на основе норм международного права.

    @yigal_levin

    #Иран
    #Iran
    #ШриЛанка
    #SriLanka
    #ВМС
    #ВоенноМорскойФлот
    #ИндийскийОкеан
    #ПерсидскийЗалив
    #МорскаяВойна
    #ВоенныйФлот
    #Капитуляция
    #МеждународноеПраво
    #Геополитика
    #БлижнийВосток
    #IranNavy
    #NavalWarfare
    #IndianOcean
    #MilitaryNews
    #MiddleEastCrisis
    #DonOperInfo

  9. Thanks @hairylarry.

    Yes, interesting stuff. They say it is based on the '#Maloya' (a powerful percussion-based and African-rooted style) and '#SégaLontan' (accordion-based Reunionese 'chanson') traditions from #LaReunion and #IndianOcean.

    #theAlps #lesPythonsDeLaFournaise

  10. EU climate service: Earth records 12 straight months of record high temperatures

    By Clyde Hughes, UPI

    July 8 (UPI) -- "June 2024 was hotter than any June previously on record, leaving people exposed to life-threatening temperatures and more extreme weather, the European Union's #Copernicus #ClimateChange Service said Monday.

    "Copernicus researchers found that temperatures worldwide each month for the past 12 months were 1.5 degrees Celsius greater than the average before the #preindustrial age.

    "The report said temperatures in Europe were higher on average than in the southeast regions. It added the countries and regions with the hottest temperatures outside of #Europe were eastern #Canada, the western #UnitedStates, western #Mexico, #Brazil, northern #Siberia, the #MiddleEast, northern #Africa, and western #Antarctica.

    "'Even if this specific streak of extremes ends at some point, we are bound to see new records being broken as the climate continues to warm,' said Carlo Buontempo, director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service, according to The Guardian.

    "'This is inevitable unless we stop adding greenhouse gases into the atmosphere and the oceans.'

    "The report said its review of the oceans, air temperatures were higher than average in the #AtlanticOcean and #IndianOcean along with most of the #PacificOcean. Temperatures were below average in the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean and smaller regions around the world, like the Bering Sea.

    "Copernicus uses measurements from various sources, including airplanes, weather stations, ships and satellites to capture vital climate information worldwide.

    "'This is not good news at all,' said Aditi Mukherji, the co-author of the newest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. 'We know that extreme events increase with every increment of global warming and at 1.5 degrees Celsius, we witnessed some of the hottest extremes this year.'"

    accuweather.com/en/climate/eu-

    #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming #ExtremeHeat #ClimateCatastrophe

  11. Die spektakuläre #WildCoast am #EasternCape war dieses Mal wirklich wild. Das hier sind die letzten Bilder (aufgenommen am Donnerstagvormittag) vor einem Unwetter mit massivem „disruptive Rainfall“ bis in die Nacht hinein. In der ganzen Region gab es Erdrutsche und extreme Sturzfluten. Eine schlaflose Nacht für uns, aber ein Desaster für viele in den Dörfern und Städten an der Ostküste, die ihr Hab und Gut verloren haben 💔

    #UnngaziRiverMouth #IndianOcean #SouthAfrica

  12. Some spinner dolphins, just for the love of them. Not sure Mastodon will work for me, but happy to find others working on marine conservation science or any of the hashtags:
    #coralreef #mangrove #saltmarsh #shark #turtle #dolphin #climatechange #thenatureconservancy #wilditaly #chagos #indianocean #marinescience #ecosystemservices

  13. archive.org/details/mauritiusa

    The History of Slavery in Mauritius and the Seychelles, 1810-1875 by Moses D. E. Nwulia

    Topics
    #Mauritius, #Seychelles, #britishcolonialism, #frenchcolonialism, #Africa, #history, #slavery, #blackchattelslavery, #IndianOcean, #antiblackness, #colonialism, #plantations, #sugarplantations

    “This study emphasizes the roles that peoples of African origin played in the settlement and the development of Mauritius and the Seychelles during both French and British colonial regimes, and compares the socioeconomic conditions of blacks during the two periods.”