# Statistics - ARGO.net Science Canonical URL: https://www.argo.net/statistics/ RSS feed: https://www.argo.net/statistics/feed/ ## Published Stories - [Seven hundred seventeen Scottish open-water swimmers said mental wellbeing outranked physical gains in every surveyed age group except over 65 and a national study found that lake swimmers were also more likely than sea or river swimmers to worry about environmental damage](https://www.argo.net/seven-hundred-seventeen-scottish-open-water-swimmers-said-mental-wellbeing-outranked-physical-gains-in-every-surveyed-age-group-except-over-65-and-a-national-study-found-that-lake-swimmers-were-also-m/index.html.md): 2026-08-14 - Open water swimming has gained a reputation as a tough outdoor habit, yet a national Scottish survey suggests many swimmers value it most for how it affects the... - [Astronauts slept less than six hours before 41 of 80 spacewalks, while about three quarters of reporting crews used sleep medication in orbit and researchers found the short nights were already common months before launch on shuttle and ISS missions](https://www.argo.net/astronauts-slept-less-than-six-hours-before-41-of-80-spacewalks-while-about-three-quarters-of-reporting-crews-used-sleep-medication-in-orbit-and-researchers-found-the-short-nights-were-already-common/index.html.md): 2026-08-13 - Astronaut sleep looked thin long before launch and stayed thin in orbit in a 2014 study that tracked crews on both space shuttle missions and the International Space... - [Across 18 container-ship voyages, 198 seafarers slept too little whether they worked days or rotating watches and 22 percent of 396 eye-based alertness tests rated crew members unfit for duty](https://www.argo.net/across-18-container-ship-voyages-198-seafarers-slept-too-little-whether-they-worked-days-or-rotating-watches-and-22-percent-of-396-eye-based-alertness-tests-rated-crew-members-unfit-for-duty/index.html.md): 2026-08-12 - How can a crew member who works a regular daytime shift still look almost as sleepy as a watchkeeper who stands night duty? A 2019 BMJ Open study... - [Across 51 tanker vessels, 575 merchant seafarers filled out stress and work surveys that showed personal resilience did the most to reduce strain, while practical onboard help explained most of the gap in job satisfaction across a global fleet](https://www.argo.net/across-51-tanker-vessels-575-merchant-seafarers-filled-out-stress-and-work-surveys-that-showed-personal-resilience-did-the-most-to-reduce-strain-while-practical-onboard-help-explained-most-of-the-ga/index.html.md): 2026-08-12 - Life at sea puts a crew inside the same workplace for months, often far from family, with demanding schedules and little privacy. A 2019 Frontiers in Psychology study... - [One hundred fifty-seven Faroese fishers wore sleep trackers at sea and on land and life offshore split sleep into shorter fragments, pushed end-of-trip sleepiness higher and left more major reaction-time lapses before the voyage was over](https://www.argo.net/one-hundred-fifty-seven-faroese-fishers-wore-sleep-trackers-at-sea-and-on-land-and-life-offshore-split-sleep-into-shorter-fragments-pushed-end-of-trip-sleepiness-higher-and-left-more-major-reaction-t/index.html.md): 2026-08-11 - Why can a crew finish a trip feeling worn down even when a simple median reaction-time number barely moves? A 2022 study in Nature and Science of Sleep... - [More than 13,000 seafarers from 154 nationalities reported high wellbeing and happiness at sea, yet the same global survey found about one in five felt lonely and two-thirds did not get enough sleep, revealing where shipboard life still wears people down](https://www.argo.net/more-than-13000-seafarers-from-154-nationalities-reported-high-wellbeing-and-happiness-at-sea-yet-the-same-global-survey-found-about-one-in-five-felt-lonely-and-two-thirds-did-not-get-enough-sleep/index.html.md): 2026-08-08 - A broadly positive set of numbers can still hide a hard daily reality. In a large 2022 survey of people who were answering while onboard ships, most seafarers... - [What is the largest lake in Texas?](https://www.argo.net/what-is-the-largest-lake-in-texas/index.html.md): 2026-07-31 - Built across the Sabine River, Toledo Bend Reservoir spreads across 181,600 acres at its conservation pool. That is about 284 square miles, making it the largest reservoir in... - [The US state farthest from the ocean](https://www.argo.net/the-us-state-farthest-from-the-ocean/index.html.md): 2026-07-28 - South Dakota is the usual answer, with an important geographic footnote. Southwest of the state lies North America's continental pole of inaccessibility, the land point calculated as farthest... - [10 largest animals in the ocean](https://www.argo.net/10-largest-animals-in-the-ocean/index.html.md): 2026-07-27 - Which living ocean animal has the greatest maximum adult mass? The blue whale leads easily, but the rest of a defensible heavyweight list is dominated by other whales.... - [5 bodies of water saltier than the ocean](https://www.argo.net/5-bodies-of-water-saltier-than-the-ocean/index.html.md): 2026-07-24 - A 2017 chemical analysis reported 43.3 percent total dissolved solids in water from Gaet'ale Pond in Ethiopia's Danakil Depression. That figure sits far above the roughly 3.5 percent... - [10 US states with the most lakes](https://www.argo.net/10-us-states-with-the-most-lakes/index.html.md): 2026-07-24 - The United States holds an astonishing range of lakes, from tundra basins in Alaska to warm, shallow water in Florida. This ranking highlights ten states whose published totals... - [10 largest man-made lakes in Canada](https://www.argo.net/10-largest-man-made-lakes-in-canada/index.html.md): 2026-07-24 - From orbit, several of Canada's biggest reservoirs can look like natural inland seas. Their long shorelines and branching bays hide a more recent story. Dams, dikes and diversions... - [10 largest lakes in Europe](https://www.argo.net/10-largest-lakes-in-europe/index.html.md): 2026-07-24 - Europe's biggest inland waters gather across a broad northern arc, where ice sheets once pressed into the land and major rivers later became routes for dams. The scale... - [How much plastic is in the ocean?](https://www.argo.net/how-much-plastic-is-in-the-ocean/index.html.md): 2026-07-24 - Plastic pollution reaches far beyond a bottle floating near shore. Pieces drift across open water, settle into seafloor mud, wash onto beaches and break into fragments smaller than... - [Countries with the longest coastlines: why rankings differ](https://www.argo.net/countries-with-the-longest-coastlines-why-rankings-differ/index.html.md): 2026-07-22 - A World Bank report presents one country table for coastline length and credits The World Factbook for its figures. Using that single Factbook-cited table keeps the full top-ten... - [Earth’s five oceans ranked by size](https://www.argo.net/earths-five-oceans-ranked-by-size/index.html.md): 2026-07-22 - The NOAA Ocean Service describes one connected body of seawater divided into five named ocean basins. The Pacific comes first and the Arctic comes last. The Atlantic, Indian... - [10 largest lakes in North America, ranked by surface area](https://www.argo.net/10-largest-lakes-in-north-america-ranked-by-surface-area/index.html.md): 2026-07-21 - Environment Canada tracks a striking concentration of enormous lakes across North America. Several stretch beyond the horizon like inland seas. Together, they store water, shape weather, support wildlife... - [Ten of Asia’s largest lakes, from the Caspian Sea to Lake Van](https://www.argo.net/ten-of-asias-largest-lakes-from-the-caspian-sea-to-lake-van/index.html.md): 2026-07-20 - At about 386,400 square kilometers, the Caspian Sea covers more surface than the other nine lakes in this selection combined. Asia's largest inland waters extend from Arctic tundra... - [The 10 largest freshwater lakes in the world](https://www.argo.net/the-10-largest-freshwater-lakes-in-the-world/index.html.md): 2026-07-14 - The HydroSHEDS HydroLAKES database reveals the extraordinary scale of Earth's inland waters. Its global inventory maps about 1.4 million lakes and reservoirs. It also provides a consistent scientific...