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Common compostable plastic fails to break down after a year at sea

A leading "bioplastic" used in single-use cups and containers degrades in the ocean just as slowly as the oil-based stuff, and must be broken down in commercial facilities to be composted

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Glass Mountains, situated in the north tip of the Chihuahuan Desert, as seen from Alpine, Texas. - Image ID: R97NY1 (RF)

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US desert grassland collapse is linked to changes in the Pacific Ocean

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A school of scalloped hammerhead sharks off Hawai?i Island

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Hammerhead sharks clamp their gills shut to stay warm on deep dives

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14,000 oil and gas wells remain unplugged in the Gulf of Mexico

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Long spined sea urchins underwater on seabed of the Caribbean sea

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Surprising culprit found that killed 95% of a sea urchin population

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Plankton are organisms drifting in oceans and seas. Zooplankton.

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Geoengineering the seas could be catastrophic for marine life

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Record-breaking sea temperatures set to bring supercharged storms

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Probiotics shield corals from deadly tissue loss disease

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Can we counter climate change by dumping carbon in the ocean?

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Scientists warn of 'alarming' rise in ocean microplastic pollution

Global data on ocean surface level pollution suggests there are now 2.3 million tonnes of microplastic pollution floating in the world’s seas, with concentrations surging since 2005

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What is the UN high seas treaty and will it save the world’s oceans?

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Why are so many whales getting stranded on US beaches?

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Help to create a global map of ocean microplastic pollution

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Marine heatwaves could wipe out all common sea stars by 2100

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