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A school of scalloped hammerhead sharks off Hawai?i Island

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Hammerhead sharks clamp their gills shut to stay warm on deep dives

Even for cold-blooded sharks, the deep ocean is frigid. To tolerate low temperatures as they dive for deep-water squid, scalloped hammerheads close their gills

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14,000 oil and gas wells remain unplugged in the Gulf of Mexico

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Long spined sea urchins underwater on seabed of the Caribbean sea

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Surprising culprit found that killed 95% of a sea urchin population

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Plankton are organisms drifting in oceans and seas. Zooplankton.

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Geoengineering the seas could be catastrophic for marine life

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Record-breaking sea temperatures set to bring supercharged storms

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Probiotics shield corals from deadly tissue loss disease

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Can we counter climate change by dumping carbon in the ocean?

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Scientists warn of 'alarming' rise in ocean microplastic pollution

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What is the UN high seas treaty and will it save the world’s oceans?

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2MN9J35 A dead male humpback whale that, according tor town officials, washed ashore overnight is pictured on Long Island's south facing shore in Lido Beach, New York, U.S., January 30, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Segar

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Why are so many whales getting stranded on US beaches?

Nearly two dozen whales have been beached on the US Atlantic coast in the past three months – some were struck by boats while others may have been caught by changing ocean currents related to climate change

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Help to create a global map of ocean microplastic pollution

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Marine heatwaves could wipe out all common sea stars by 2100

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Time is running out for countries to agree rules on deep-sea mining

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Marine sciences must cast off an imperial legacy of ocean exploitation

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