John Moore

Scientists want to build 62 miles of curtains around ‘doomsday glacier’ for a $50 billion Hail Mary to save it

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The Thwaites Glacier is the widest in the world, but it loses enormous amounts of ice every year.NASA Geoengineers plan to test massive underwater curtains that could slow the catastrophic melting of glaciers. The Thwaites, also known as the ‘doomsday glacier’, has lost more than 1 trillion tons of ice since 2000. If the Thwaites … Read more

I started researching where silky sharks travel and accidentally documented a shark’s amazing power to regenerate its sabotaged fin

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I made an accidental and astonishing discovery while studying the movements of sharks off the coast of Jupiter, Florida. I wanted to document the migration routes of silky sharks, named for their smooth skin. Instead, in a story full of twists, I documented the rare phenomenon of a shark regenerating a dorsal fin. Tagging and … Read more