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jellyfish

Life

Jellyfish offer a sticky solution to the problem of plastic pollution

Our oceans are full of microplastics and unnatural swarms of jellyfish. Could these beautiful animals possess a secret weapon to help clean up the environment?

Features

Seagrass loss off the coast of Kenya is fuelling climate change

Environment

Seagrass loss off the coast of Kenya is fuelling climate change

News

A person swimming in a reef

Environment

Pacific island to ban some sun creams in a bid to save its coral reefs

News

ocean drilling

Life

75-million-year old ocean microbes live forever on almost zero energy

News

A basking shark leaps from the water

Life

Peaceful basking sharks can leap just as powerfully as great whites

News

A giant pool noodle to clean up ocean plastic launches today

Environment

A giant pool noodle to clean up ocean plastic launches today

News

ocean scene

Life

Our thirst for water is turning the oceans saltier

Features

Sterile fish could help wild salmon dodge the ‘gene pollution’ effect

Environment

Sterile fish could help wild salmon dodge the ‘gene pollution’ effect

News

penguins

Environment

Extreme tales from a record-breaking dive in the Antarctic

Features

Lifting an underwater robot out of the water

Technology

The underwater drones that hunt for oil spills beneath the waves

Oil behaves strangely in water – now a combination of AI and super-expensive underwater vehicles are being used to track it. Joshua Howgego went along for the ride

News

Earth

Extreme heat: Why its origins could lie deep in the Atlantic

Features

Environment

Explore nature’s dark side with the Natural History Museum

Culture

Environment

Thought plastic was bad enough? Here's another reason to worry

Features

Earth

Alarm as ice loss from Antarctica triples in the past five years

News

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