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Month: February 2022

Sprawling sponge gardens found deep beneath the Arctic sea ice

By Ashley Strickland, CNN Deep beneath the ice covering the central Arctic Ocean, an unlikely community thrives off of ancient relics. Underwater cameras revealed expansive sponge gardens clustered over extinct underwater volcanoes, called seamounts, along the ocean floor. In order to survive, these largely 300-year-old sponge communities feed off of the fossilized remains of now-extinct

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White House begins reaching out to potential Supreme Court nominees as Biden pores over ‘binders of cases’

By Ariane de Vogue, John Harwood, Joan Biskupic and Betsy Klein, CNN White House officials have begun reaching out to potential Supreme Court candidates to gather more information about their records with about three weeks remaining before President Joe Biden’s self-imposed deadline to announce his Supreme Court pick, CNN has learned. In addition, as a

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Canadian protesters block the busiest international crossing in North America as tensions ramp up over Covid-19 rules

CNN, CBC NEWS, CTV NETWORK, OTTAWA CITY COUNCIL, OTTAWA.CA By Paula Newton and Travis Caldwell, CNN Canadian protesters have impeded access to the busiest international crossing in North America again Tuesday, escalating tensions as frustration over demonstrations against Covid-19 rules continues to roil the nation. After idling trucks and vehicles snarled roadways in major Canadian

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