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Seabed images show the scars icebergs carve into polar sea floor

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Seabed images show the scars icebergs carve into polar sea floor

A new atlas shows scars gouged into polar sea floors by glaciers and icebergs in unprecedented detail, which could help our understanding of how they behave

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UK is failing to protect its marine areas

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UK does more to protect marine areas overseas than at home

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A white strand of a hair-like bacterium

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Weird, hairy microbes discovered on volcano soon after eruption

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Marine life is rubbish... at least in these pictures

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Marine life is rubbish... at least in these pictures

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First living example of giant ancient mollusc found in the wild

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First living example of giant ancient mollusc found in the wild

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Sea urchin emits a cloud of venomous jaws to deter predators

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Sea urchin emits a cloud of venomous jaws to deter predators

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Life could exist up to 10 kilometres beneath the sea floor

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Life could exist up to 10 kilometres beneath the sea floor

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Mass bleaching hits Great Barrier Reef for second year in a row

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Mass bleaching hits Great Barrier Reef for second year in a row

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Squishy robotic manta ray flaps its wings to spy in the ocean

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Squishy robotic manta ray flaps its wings to spy in the ocean

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Metabolism may be older than life itself and start spontaneously

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Metabolism may be older than life itself and start spontaneously

The discovery that the Krebs cycle, which is essential for life, can occur in the absence of enzymes suggests that life’s origins were surprisingly humble

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Never-before-seen gatherings of hundreds of humpback whales

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Plankton can save the ocean. But who will save the plankton?

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First-ever underwater video of the elusive True's beaked whale

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Sponge can soak up and release spilled oil hundreds of times

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