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The plastic straw ban will come into place next year

Environment

Plastic straws will be banned in England from April 2020

The billions of plastic straws consumed in the UK each year will be banned from April 2020. The move will also cover plastic drinks stirrers and cotton buds

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Greenland ice sheet

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

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Sea wave

Environment

Funding crisis threatens crucial UK ocean monitoring project

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Inventions inspired by ocean life

Inventions inspired by ocean life

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

Life

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

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Octopus embryo

Life

Climate change may turn octopuses partially blind from lack of oxygen

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grazing fish

Life

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

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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

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The Galapagos Archipelago is home to unique species including marine iguanas

Environment

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

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Dead whale found with 40 kilograms of plastic in its stomach

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Dead whale found with 40 kilograms of plastic in its stomach

A dead whale found in the Philippines with 40 kilograms of plastic inside its body is the latest example of the problem of plastic pollution

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Environment

Thousands of unknown underwater mountains found in Earth’s oceans

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Technology

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

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Environment

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

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

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