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Canada appears poised to sign international Arctic fish deal
Canada appears poised to sign an international agreement to block commercial fishing in the central Arctic Ocean until more is known about the potential of the resource.
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Latest numbers show at least 5 metres sea-level rise locked in
It's too late to stop the seas rising at least 5 metres and only fast, drastic action will avert a 20-metre rise, New Scientist calculates based on recent studies.
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Over $40 billion of US Park Service assets at risk from sea level rise
If it goes up a meter, we lose a lot.
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The oceans are in serious trouble, and there’s only one way to save them
Rapid, sustained emissions cuts are the last best hope for the world's marine ecosystems
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Planting coral could save Great Barrier Reef from climate change, say scientists
Humans could save the Great Barrier Reef from global warming by transplanting corals that survive heat stress, say scientists
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Google Street View now takes you under the sea - CNET
The new underwater panoramic views not only reveal the beauty beneath the sea but also call attention to the damage being done to Earth's oceans by climate change, pollution and overfishing.
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20-Year-Old Inventor’s Idea For How To Make Ocean Clean Itself Will Be Launched In Japan
Boyan Slat, a 20-year-old innovator in the Netherlands, has a lot on his plate – he's set out to do nothing less than rid the oceans of the millions of tons of plastic garbage that circle along their currents. And judging by the support that has rallied behind his novel approach to the problem, there's a good chance he just might succeed.
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Dead zones — where animals suffocate and die — found in the Atlantic’s open waters
Most dead zones are found along the coast and are a result of chemicals triggering algae blooms.
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‘I rule my own ocean micronation’
Many dream of living in an ocean city, but what is it actually like? Rose Eveleth asks the ruler of Sealand, the unusual settlement off the coast of England.
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Giant squid attacks Greenpeace submarine
INCREDIBLE footage has emerged of a huge squid taking on a Greenpeace submarine. The video was released by Greenpeace on Vine and shows the squid spinning around and squirting black ink at the sub. The shocked crew pointed a light at the squid to try and scare it away. The squid continued to thrash around and whip the sub with its tentacles.
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The world is warming faster than we thought
It's worse than we thought. Scientists may have hugely underestimated the extent of global warming because temperature readings from southern hemisphere seas were inaccurate.
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'Thousands' of new ocean mountains
It is not every day you can announce the discovery of thousands of new mountains on Earth, but that is what a US-European research team has done. What is more, these peaks are all at least 1.5km high. The reason they have gone unrecognised until now is because they are at the bottom of the ocean. Dave Sandwell and colleagues used radar satellites to discern the mountains' presence under water and report their findings in Science Magazine.
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MH370 search reveals vast underwater world with huge volcanoes and ridges deeper than the Grand Canyon
Until now, scientists had better maps of the surface of Mars than of this ocean floor. These images show for the first time a dramatic underwater landscape with mountains higher than Mont Blanc and ridges deeper than the Grand Canyon – all 4.5 kilometres below the surface of the Southern Indian Ocean. The discoveries were made as part of the hunt for the missing Malaysian airliner, flight MH370, which disappeared six months ago.
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U.S. Creates Largest Protected Area in the World, 3X Larger Than California
The Obama administration announced late Wednesday that it is creating the largest marine reserve in the world by expanding an existing monument around seven U.S.-controlled islands and atolls in the central Pacific.
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We nearly hunted blue whales to extinction. Now they're bouncing back.
It's easy to get pessimistic about the state of the oceans. Coral reefs are dying. Various fish species are getting wiped out by overfishing. Jellyfish are taking over. But not all news is bad news. A recent study published in Marine Mammal Science found that blue whale populations off the coast of California have almost entirely rebounded after being nearly hunted to extinction in the 20th century. (Many thanks to Andrew Revkin for pointing out this study.)
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Methane Is Discovered Seeping From Seafloor Off East Coast, Scientists Say
Scientists have discovered methane gas bubbling from the seafloor in an unexpected place: off the East Coast of the United States where the continental shelf meets the deeper Atlantic Ocean.
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Did the Atlantic Ocean slow down global warming?
New research indicates that a current "pause" in global warming could be caused by the Atlantic Ocean, which is pulling heat from the atmosphere and taking it to its depths.
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Is it OK to Pee in the Ocean?
Peeing in the ocean: Many have done it, but few admit to it. Fortunately for beachgoers everywhere, our latest episode of Reactions explains why, from an environmental perspective, it is absolutely OK to pee in the ocean.
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Chemicals from sunscreen are poisoning the ocean
Sunscreen has changed the lives of beach bums everywhere, allowing them to laze longer in the sun without their skin baking into a ruddy crisp. And it's most likely made them safer, protecting them from the ultraviolet radiation that causes nearly nine-tenths of cases of skin cancer. But the same chemical compounds that are helping people live longer, sunnier lives are hurting...
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Deep as Hell with James Cameron
The trouble with making a documentary about the deepest, most remote place on the planet, five miles below the surface of the ocean, is that there really isn't a whole lot happening down there. There are no monsters, no sunken alien warships, just an endless, featureless expanse.
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