Is there still a mystery surrounding the bright red glow under the clouds seen by a pilot flying over the north Pacific Ocean? No, that's not true: Pilot Dustin Maggard spotted the red glow on July 16, 2022. Although there was initially s
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Snopes→ World’s Toughest Turtle? Survivor Among 8 Returned to Ocean
If what doesn't kill you truly makes you stronger, then Titan is the strongest turtle in the ocean.
FactCheck.org→ Faulty Research Paper Leads to Unfounded Claims About Health of Atlantic Ocean
SciCheck Digest Climate change has affected ocean ecosystems, scientists say. But an unfounded claim on social media that “plankton in the Atlantic Ocean is 90% gone” and the ocean is “now pretty much dead” is based on a faulty
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – No, 90% of plankton in the Atlantic Ocean did not die off
"Plankton in the Atlantic Ocean is 90% gone."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Plankton In Atlantic Ocean Is NOT 90% Gone
Is plankton in the Atlantic Ocean 90 percent gone? No, that's not true; this claim is missing context. The author of the plankton study told Lead Stories that the newspaper article making the claim did not accurately reflect that his stud
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Alien Craft Crashed In Ocean — It’s Model Or Animation Of The Millennium Falcon From ‘Star Wars’
Does this brief video show an alien spaceship that crashed into the ocean? No, that's not true: This video shows a model or animation of the fictional starship from "Star Wars," the Millennium Falcon. The audio featured in this video clip
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Satellite Video Does NOT Show ‘White Object’ Hitting Ocean And Causing Tonga Volcano Eruption
Does a satellite video of the volcano eruption in Tonga show a "white object," or what one post's headline called a "'ROD FROM GOD' KINETIC WEAPON," hitting the ocean and causing an explosion? No, that's not true: Tim Vasquez, a satellite
Truth or Fiction?→ Is This ‘Our Planet From the Side of the Pacific Ocean’?
On January 4 2022, an Imgur user shared a purported image of Earth “from the side of the Pacific Ocean”: Underneath an image without a labeled source, text read: The Earth is almost never shown like this, and in the meantime, this is our p
Snopes→ Is Ukraine’s Donetsk Airport ‘Abandoned in the Ocean’?
The country's Sergei Prokofiev International Airport was destroyed during a violent conflict in 2014.
Snopes→ This 500-Year-Old ‘Swimming Head’ Fossil Once Swam the World’s Oceans
The ancient sea-dweller used a pair of spiny claws like "multiple stacked rakes" to capture prey.
Truth or Fiction?→ Bill Nye ‘There’s Already Enough Plastic in the Ocean’ Response Tweet
On August 16 2021, the Facebook page “Super News Supes” shared a screenshot in which science educator Bill Nye purportedly made a misogynistic comment about Kylie Jenner in a screenshot that was circulating as early as July 9 2019: In th
Logically→ Oceans produce more oxygen than all trees combined.
Around 28 percent of the Earth's oxygen is produced by trees. More than 70 percent of oxygen is produced by marine plants.
Snopes→ Message in a Bottle Travels Across the Atlantic Ocean
The note included an email address to respond.
Snopes→ Will a Company Turn Human ‘Cremains’ into Artificial Ocean Reef?
It’s described as an “urn, ash scattering, and burial at sea” all in one.
Snopes→ World’s 5th Ocean Now Officially Recognized by National Geographic
The so-named Southern Ocean contains one of the world's most influential marine currents.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Beautiful Turtle Living In Atlantic Ocean’ Is NOT Alive, It’s A Glass Pendant
Does this photo show a new species of shiny blue, purple and yellow Atlantic Ocean sea turtle? No, that's not true: It's a piece of glass artwork. The claim appeared in a Facebook post (now unavailable but archived here) on May 27, 2021.
AFP Fact Check→ This video is computer-generated — it does not show a ‘Chinese rocket over the Indian Ocean’
A video has been viewed thousands of times on Twitter, Facebook and Weibo alongside a claim it shows a Chinese rocket that disintegrated over the Indian Ocean in 2021. The claim is false: the video in fact shows computer-generated imagery created by an
Logically→ A video has been captured of the Chinese spaceship Long March 5B crashlanding into the Indian Ocean.
The video clip of SpaceX's Starship prototype exploding has been falsely shared as the Long March 5B crashlanding.
Logically→ Parts of the Chinese rocket, Long March 5B, landed in the Indian Ocean.
The fragments of China's Long March 5B rocket landed in the Indian Ocean on May 8, with most of its components lost upon re-entry at 10:15 p.m. EDT.
Climate Feedback→ Atlantic ocean circulation system is slowing down, as accurately described in The New York Times article
SUMMARY The article published in The New York Times discusses findings from a study published in February 2021 that reconstructed the evolution of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), an ocean circulation system that strongly infl
Snopes→ Where Does Plastic Pollution Go When It Enters the Ocean?
Of the hundreds of millions of tons of plastic waste we produce each year, it’s estimated that around ten million tons enters the ocean.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: This Is NOT A Picture Of Two Oceans Meeting But Not Mixing
Does this video show the meeting of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans at Cape Horn? Or two oceans meeting in the Gulf of Alaska? No, that's not true: This video was filmed in Canada, near Vancouver Island, and shows the dramatic difference
Snopes→ No, Titanic Photos Weren’t Found in the ‘Deep Ocean’
You may have seen the ad that promised: "Old Camera Found In The Deep Ocean Reveals Horrifying Titanic Photos."
AFP Fact Check→ Photos and videos shared with false claims about oceans meeting in Gulf of Alaska
Posts shared hundreds of thousands of times on social media claim to show the point where the oceans meet in the Gulf of Alaska. This is false; only one of the images was actually taken in the Gulf of Alaska according to the people who took the origina
Snopes→ Warm Ocean Water Delays Sea Ice for Alaska Towns, Wildlife
The U.S. research vessel Sikuliaq can break through ice as thick as 2.5 feet (0.76 meters). In the Chukchi Sea northwest of Alaska, which should be brimming with floes, its limits likely won't be tested.
Truth or Fiction?→ Will 154,000,000 Pieces of Plastic from Christmas Crackers in the UK Wind Up in the Ocean in a Single Year?
In late September and early October 2019, a very specific claim involving Christmas crackers (a tradition involving devices called “party poppers” in some countries; they are made from cardboard and gunpowder, generally contain confetti or
Snopes→ Jumping the Shark? Kiss Will Play for Them in the Ocean
Having played nearly every corner of the Earth in a nearly 50-year career, the rock band Kiss is taking its show to a new place — under the sea, where they will perform for great white sharks and eight fans separated from them by a small submarine.
Snopes→ New Climate Report: Oceans Rising Faster, Ice Melting More
Due to climate change, the world's oceans are getting warmer, rising higher, losing oxygen and becoming more acidic at an ever-faster pace and melting even more ice and snow, a grim international science assessment concludes.
FactCheck.org→ Buttigieg Wrong About Climate Change’s Effect on Oceans
In making his case for taking swift action on climate change, Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg inaccurately said that “we could lose half the world’s oxygen because of what’s going on in the oceans.” Scientists say that
Lead Stories→ Fake News: Students Did NOT Invent Bacteria That Eat Plastic From The Oceans And Turn It Into Water
Did two high school students invent a bacteria that eats plastic from the ocean and turns it into water? No, that's not true: When Miranda Wang and Jeanny Yao were teen-aged high school students in 2012 they did identify a bacteria that breaks
Snopes→ Scientists Say Monster Penguin Once Swam New Zealand Oceans
The previously undiscovered species is believed to have stood about 1.6 meters (5 feet 2 inches) tall and weighed up to 80 kilograms (176 pounds).
Truth or Fiction?→ Is the Straw Ban Misguided Because Half the Ocean’s Plastic Is From Fishing?
In July 2019 a Facebook user shared the following comic about plastic nets and ocean pollution: In four panels depicting a person with a plastic straw and a seal trapped in a plastic net, it read: Person: I NEED TO SAVE THE OCEAN FROM ALL THE PLASTIC
Snopes→ Was This Bible Found at the Bottom of the Ocean?
The intact recovery of seemingly fragile objects from the ocean's depths has long fascinated the public imagination.
Snopes→ Is This a Picture of a Cruise Ship Dumping Human Waste Into the Ocean?
Apparently it's difficult to tell the difference between sand, mud, and human excrement from a distance.
Climate Feedback→ Washington Post accurately describes ocean warming study with potential implications for future carbon budget
SCIENTISTS’ FEEDBACK SUMMARY This article in The Washington Post covers a new study estimating the amount of heat energy that has accumulated in the ocean in recent decades. Such estimates have been limited because the most complete network of
Snopes→ Did the Media Ignore President Trump’s Signing of a Bill to Clean Up the Oceans?
Despite what was claimed in a Facebook meme, the enactment of the 'Save Our Oceans Act' in October 2018 received more national press coverage than Obama's signing of an almost identical bill in 2012.
Snopes→ Huge Sea-Life Sculptures Made from Ocean’s Plastic Trash
It is part of a project called "Washed Ashore: Art to Save the Sea."
Snopes→ Starbucks, Citing Ocean Threat, is Ditching Plastic Straws
Starbucks is getting rid of plastic straws at its locations around the world, offering a strawless lid or straws made of paper or compostable material instead.
Snopes→ Are Two-Headed Sharks Terrorizing the Ocean?
A number of outlets reported on the discovery of a two-headed shark fetus by sharing doctored images of fully-grown sharks with two heads.
Snopes→ Is There a Point in the Ocean Where the Closest Human Could Be an Astronaut?
Point Nemo is the point in the ocean furthest from any land, but it’s not the only place where an astronaut might be the closest person nearby.