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Northeast Pacific Marine Heatwave

Environment

Return of warm water 'blob' in the Pacific threatens marine life

The reappearance of a vast blob of abnormally warm water in the Pacific, around seven times the size of Alaska, has raised the prospect of impacts on marine ecosystems and weather systems

News

The buoys have been collecting plastic in the Great Pacific garbage patch

Environment

Giant boom traps plastic waste from the oceans for the first time

News

Earth from space

Earth

Planet Earth has 9 safety limits and we’ve already exceeded 4 of them

Features

Plastic in the ocean

Environment

Tiny magnets could help rid the ocean of harmful microplastics

News

Chain catsharks glow green in deep water

Life

Sharks use a special kind of protein to glow green in deep water

News

The vibranium fairy wrasse

Life

Purple fairy wrasse named Wakanda discovered on reef in twilight zone

News

Blue Planet II’s Steve Simpson explores the sounds of the ocean

Blue Planet II’s Steve Simpson explores the sounds of the ocean

Video

Plastic pollution found at every depth of the ocean by deep-sea survey

Environment

Plastic pollution found at every depth of the ocean by deep-sea survey

News

SeaKIT vessel

Technology

Uncrewed deep-sea robots will help map the world’s oceans

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Sea squirts

Life

Sea creature uses stem cells to regrow entire body from a tiny piece

Sea squirts use stem cells to regenerate their bodies from nothing but fragments of blood vessel, a finding that could help uncover the evolution of regeneration

News

Earth

The mysterious diseases killing starfish, sea fans and shellfish

Culture

Earth

The oceans are very slowly draining into the rock below Earth's crust

News

Environment

Plastic straws will be banned in England from April 2020

News

Environment

Sea level rise could hit 2 metres by 2100 - much worse than feared

News