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A razorbill in Italian waters

Environment

Hundreds of razorbills have been turning up far from home in Italy

Marine seabirds known as razorbills are usually found in cold, northern waters, but hundreds of them have been turning up underfed in Italy, and no one knows why

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Bacteria seen with an electron microscope

Environment

Microfibres that pollute the seas are floating homes for bacteria

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In open, blue ocean water, a tuna fish (at left) rubs the back half of its body against the tail of a shark, facing the camera at center

Life

Tuna use sharks as back scratchers despite risk of being eaten

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An above view of the front of a container ship moving through deep, blue ocean waters on a sunny day with dry hills in the background on shore. The ship is fully loaded with colourful, truck-sized cargo containers.

Environment

Decarbonising the shipping industry will cost more than $1 trillion

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2ATWGRR Juvenile Pollock (Pollachius virens) school within the protective fronds of kelp near Port Joli, Nova Scotia, Canada. August

Life

Heat-loving, oil-eating bacteria are seeping out of the seafloor

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On the left, a creamy-yellow, oblong, pill bug-like crustacean is displayed with its carapace pointed upwards. On the right, the same crustacean is shown on its back with 14 pairs of legs pointed upwards.

Life

Giant yellow crustacean in an aquarium turns out to be new species

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Scuba diver above a coral reef

Environment

Start-up plans 2500 artificial coral reefs to fight climate change

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Can we beat climate change by geoengineering the oceans?

Environment

Can we beat climate change by geoengineering the oceans?

Features

Light bursting through the ocean

Environment

Thousands of previously undescribed viruses found by huge ocean survey

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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is packed with floating life

Environment

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is packed with floating life

Beautiful floating organisms called neuston are gathered up by the same ocean currents as plastic pollution, and they may be endangered by clean-up efforts

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Environment

Corals further from pollution were more resistant to Hawaiian heatwave

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Environment

Countries agree to end plastic pollution in ambitious global treaty

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Environment

Safe havens for coral reefs will disappear with 2°C of global warming

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Environment

Extreme marine heatwaves are now normal for the world's oceans

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