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Float carrying sensors

Technology

Outsider wins DARPA challenge to predict where floats drift at sea

A competition to forecast the locations of 90 floats drifting in the Atlantic could lead to better methods for tracking oil slicks and locating shipwreck survivors

News

Ambergris: What fragrant whale excretions tell us about ancient oceans

Humans

Ambergris: What fragrant whale excretions tell us about ancient oceans

Features

A man swimming next to a floating, solar-powered sensor

Technology

US military offers $50,000 to predict where sensors drift in the ocean

News

Satellite view of Australian wildfires

Environment

Most CO2 from Australia’s megafires has been offset by algal blooms

News

A grenadier fish swimming along the sea floor near an anemone

Life

A glimpse at Greenland's deep-sea ecosystems threatened by fishing

News

Giant coral is the widest ever found in the Great Barrier Reef

Life

Giant coral is the widest ever found in the Great Barrier Reef

News

We have just two years to stop deep-sea mining from going ahead

Environment

We have just two years to stop deep-sea mining from going ahead

Comment

Controversial geoengineering scheme will dump iron in the sea

Environment

Controversial geoengineering scheme will dump iron in the sea

News

How your seaweed-filled beach pics could help monitor climate change

Environment

How your seaweed-filled beach pics could help monitor climate change

Regulars

Mesobot

Technology

Stealthy marine robot begins studying mysterious deep-water life

Every day, countless deep-dwelling ocean animals rise to the surface to feed, speeding the transfer of carbon to the deep ocean – a robot has now begun to study the creatures

News

Environment

The world has missed its target for protecting oceans to save species

News

Humans

Rubber slabs washed up in Brazil traced to second world war shipwreck

News

Question

How many hearts does an octopus have?

Question

What causes waves in the ocean?