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Uncrewed vessel

Technology

Australia will use robot boats to find asylum seekers at sea

Five-metre-long uncrewed vessels that look like miniature sailing boats will be able to operate at sea for extended periods of time, but plans to look for asylum seekers have human rights groups concerned

News

Plastic pollution

Environment

Earth faces plastic pollution disaster unless we take drastic action

Analysis

fish eggs

Environment

Climate change will make world too hot for 60 per cent of fish species

News

Why icy moons like Europa are our best bet for finding alien life

Life

Why icy moons like Europa are our best bet for finding alien life

Features

Ocean microfibre pollution

Environment

There might not be as many microplastic fibres in oceans as we feared

News

We may have missed half the microplastics in the ocean

Environment

We may have missed half the microplastics in the ocean

News

Microplastic ocean

Environment

Ocean currents are sweeping microplastics into the deep sea

News

tiger sharks

Life

Sharks are easier to catch in cooler waters, and we have no idea why

News

Spider hairs

Life

Millions of hairy tarantula skins could be used to mop up oil spills

News

Sci-fi podcast Down asks what's really in the deepest holes on Earth

Humans

Sci-fi podcast Down asks what's really in the deepest holes on Earth

Down is a sci-fi podcast about a crewed mission into a mysterious Antarctic hole that has opened up as a result of climate change, what will the crew find?

Culture

Environment

The seabed is sinking under the weight of water from melting ice caps

News

Life

Albatrosses strapped with sensors help spy on illegal fishing boats

News

Environment

Marine heatwave known as 'the blob' killed a million US seabirds

News

Environment

Antarctica's doomsday glacier is melting. Can we save it in time?

Features