A dangerously low oxygen level—usually below 92%—can cause shortness of breath, confusion, chest pain, or fainting. It’s often triggered by lung or heart conditions like COPD, asthma, or heart ...
The very air we breathe, composed of approximately 21% oxygen, is the lifeblood of our planet. It sustains everything from microscopic organisms to towering redwoods and, of course, humanity. But what ...
Marine life receives its oxygen from warm water on the ocean's surface, but if there's no mixing with the colder water sitting below, then bottom-dwelling marine life, like lobsters, are unable to ...
It's no secret that Earth is doomed. Sure, there's the threat of climate change and the fact that sea levels are rising around the world. But that's not what we're talking about. Instead, our planet's ...
Janay Reece came back home to Baltimore to join WJZ in August 2023. Before coming back to the Charm City, Janay was a morning anchor and reporter for WDBJ7 in Roanoke, VA. She joined the WDBJ7 morning ...
"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Scattered across an abyssal plain known as the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) are polymetallic nodules ...
An aerial view of a river surrounded by trees (Brian Beckwith/Unsplash via Courthouse News) (CN) — Inland waters like rivers, lakes, streams and reservoirs need oxygen to survive, just like we do, but ...
Oxygen is vital to many medical procedures. But a safe, affordable supply is severely lacking around the world, according to a new report. By Apoorva Mandavilli At the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, ...
Gray seals may possess a secret sense that helps them survive at sea. The marine mammals adjusted their time spent underwater based on the amount of oxygen in the air they breathed before diving, ...