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Thousands of Chinese ships trawl the world, so how can we stop overfishing?
The UN has pledged to ensure healthy, productive oceans – but how can this be achieved when demand for fish has never been higher
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Narwhals Can 'See' Unlike Any Other Animal on Earth
It doesn't get much better than a narwhal. These bizarre creatures are a species of toothed whale, and the males have evolved an extra long left canine tooth that can grow up to 2.7 metres (9 feet) long, bursting through the upper lip and...
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We Need to Talk About This Weird Alien Creature Filmed Off the Coast of Bali
Something left over from the Cambrian explosion?
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Uncovered: the mysterious killer triffids that dominate life in our oceans
They 'engulf living prey, suck out their innards, poison them, harpoon them, make them explode, and steal and reuse body parts'. And we ignore them at our peril. By Aditee Mitra.
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Bermuda Triangle scare you? Meet the Gulf’s Jacuzzi of Death
The toxic underwater lake beneath of the Gulf, four-times more salty than the surrounding water, was discovered by the E/V Nautilis expedition. By Jared Leone.
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NASA Scientists Suggest We’ve Been Underestimating Sea Level Rise
Sea level rise has been underestimated by up to 28 percent in some areas. By Sarah Emerson.
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Watch 30 Years of Arctic ice shrinkage in chilling NASA timelapse
A new animation from NASA shows the movement of Arctic sea ice, the large mass of frozen water on the Arctic Ocean, in a stunning time-lapse spanning three decades.
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West Antarctica Begins to Destabilize With ‘Intense Unbalanced Melting’
"The bottom of the world has drawn increased scrutiny from scientists over the last few years, as West Antarctic ice loss in some places shows signs of becoming “unstoppable.” There’s enough water locked up in West Antarctica’s Amundsen Sea region alone to raise the global average sea level by four feet, and it’s the fastest-melting spot on the continent." By Eric Roston.
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World’s Largest Marine Reserve Created Off Antarctica
New 598,000 square-mile protected area is more than twice the size of Texas, and will protect everything from penguins to whales. By Brian Clark Howard.
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Ocean algae blooms earlier, with potential ripple effects to come
Warmer oceans are acting like a catalyst for one of the world's most abundant species of plankton, triggering earlier blooms of blue-green algae in the waters of the North Atlantic. Because of plankton's fundamental role in the marine ecosystem, researchers expect this shift to have far-reaching impacts throughout the world's oceans. The study, published in the journal Science, focused on Synechococcus, a type of blue-green algae that is one of the most abundant phytoplankton in the ocean. The authors drew on 13 years worth of data to measure the spring blooms that cover the North Atlantic in a carpet of green each year.
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Sea Ice Extent Is Near Record Lows–South as Well as North
Sea ice is at a record-low extent for late October in the Arctic and close to a record low in the Antarctic. The latter is a big change from unusually high extents in recent years. The global total of sea ice (Arctic plus Antarctic] is more than 1 million square kilometers below the previous record for late October.
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The octopus hunters of Zanzibar
The white beaches of Zanzibar’s coast are home to the octopus hunters, in search of the delicacy. Photographs by Tommy Trenchard and Aurelie Marrier d’Unienville.
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Melanesia's oceans are worth US$5.4 billion but are at environmental crossroads
Melanesia's oceans are worth at least US$5.4 billion, but are under increasing threat.
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Artist Creates Ocean Treasures from the Sea's Materials
Canadian artist Debra Bernier creates amazing sculptures using shells and rotting driftwood she discovers from the ocean.
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Strange purple sea creatures found in deep ocean trenches
Scores of spectacular and rare undersea species have been found on expeditions to some of the deepest trenches in the Pacific Ocean. By Matt McGrath. (Oct. 20, 2016)
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The Deepest Dig
The bottom of the ocean is the most remote place on Earth, but that isn’t stopping us from mining it. By Brooke Jarvis.
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Obituary: Great Barrier Reef (25 Million BC-2016)
Climate change and ocean acidification have killed off one of the most spectacular features on the planet.
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The tiny nation of Kiribati will soon be underwater — here’s the plan to save its people
Planning for “migration with dignity,” the former president purchased 6000 acres of land in Fiji for the I-Kiribati to move to and relocated 75 citizens a year to New Zealand. By Arielle Duhaime-Ross. (Sept. 22, 2016)
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The place furthest from land is known as Point Nemo
One spot in the ocean is further from land than any other, and it is a rather peculiar place
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'It's a skate! It's a lionfish! No, it's…'
The mimic octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) is an Indo-Pacific species of octopus capable of impersonating other local species…The mimic octopus is the only currently known marine animal to be able...
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