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Sea wave

Environment

Funding crisis threatens crucial UK ocean monitoring project

The array of moorings monitoring a weakening in the Atlantic conveyor belt risk being left in the lurch when funding expires in 2020, leaving key questions about the climate unanswered

News

Inventions inspired by ocean life

Inventions inspired by ocean life

Video

Stylephorus chordatus is one of several species with extra eye pigment genes

Life

Some deep-sea fish have evolved souped-up colour night vision

News

Octopus embryo

Life

Climate change may turn octopuses partially blind from lack of oxygen

News

grazing fish

Life

Reef halo riddle: What's behind the mysterious rings around coral?

Features

The northern hemisphere is displayed in this global view of the surface of Venus.

Space

Venus may have had a climate suitable for life billions of years ago

News

The Galapagos Archipelago is home to unique species including marine iguanas

Environment

The waters of the Galapagos Islands are being invaded by alien species

News

Dead whale found with 40 kilograms of plastic in its stomach

Earth

Dead whale found with 40 kilograms of plastic in its stomach

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A sea mountain

Environment

Thousands of unknown underwater mountains found in Earth’s oceans

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Submarine

Technology

China plans world's first deep sea base, complete with robot subs

Plans for a permanent lab far beneath the waves, crewed by autonomous underwater rovers, are gathering pace in China – here's what the facility might be like

News

Environment

Nazi sub is being destroyed by bacteria due to Deepwater Horizon spill

News

Comment

Deep-sea mining could wreck the last unexplored ecosystem on Earth

Comment

Environment

Millions of years ago a massive whale-eating whale roamed the seas

News

Space

Crashing tidal waves may lurk beneath the surface of icy moons

News