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Village Fredvang on the island Moskenesoya

Deep and crisp and living: How snow sustains amazing hidden life

18 December 2019

Snow may look pristine but even the freshly fallen variety is teeming with microscopic life. This vast and mysterious ecosystem could have a big impact on Earth
plastic bottles in sea

Thought plastic was bad enough? Here's another reason to worry

11 July 2018

We knew marine plastic strangles birds and poisons fish. But it can also pick up some deadly hitch-hikers – with even more profound consequences

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