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Drilling vessel in port

Environment

Time is running out for countries to agree rules on deep-sea mining

If governments don't meet a July 2023 deadline to draw up regulations governing deep-sea mining, companies may start exploiting the seabed without legal restrictions

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Marine sciences must cast off an imperial legacy of ocean exploitation

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Marine sciences must cast off an imperial legacy of ocean exploitation

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A razorbill in Italian waters

Environment

Hundreds of razorbills have been turning up far from home in Italy

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Bacteria seen with an electron microscope

Environment

Microfibres that pollute the seas are floating homes for bacteria

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In open, blue ocean water, a tuna fish (at left) rubs the back half of its body against the tail of a shark, facing the camera at center

Life

Tuna use sharks as back scratchers despite risk of being eaten

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An above view of the front of a container ship moving through deep, blue ocean waters on a sunny day with dry hills in the background on shore. The ship is fully loaded with colourful, truck-sized cargo containers.

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Decarbonising the shipping industry will cost more than $1 trillion

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2ATWGRR Juvenile Pollock (Pollachius virens) school within the protective fronds of kelp near Port Joli, Nova Scotia, Canada. August

Life

Heat-loving, oil-eating bacteria are seeping out of the seafloor

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On the left, a creamy-yellow, oblong, pill bug-like crustacean is displayed with its carapace pointed upwards. On the right, the same crustacean is shown on its back with 14 pairs of legs pointed upwards.

Life

Giant yellow crustacean in an aquarium turns out to be new species

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Scuba diver above a coral reef

Environment

Start-up plans 2500 artificial coral reefs to fight climate change

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Can we beat climate change by geoengineering the oceans?

Environment

Can we beat climate change by geoengineering the oceans?

Chemically altering the seas through iron fertilisation or alkalinity enhancement could be our best hope to suck vast amounts of carbon out of the atmosphere – but questions remain on whether it is worth the risk

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Environment

Thousands of previously undescribed viruses found by huge ocean survey

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Environment

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is packed with floating life

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Environment

Corals further from pollution were more resistant to Hawaiian heatwave

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Environment

Countries agree to end plastic pollution in ambitious global treaty

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