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

A genetic analysis suggests that petroleum-eating bacteria that live thousands of metres beneath the seafloor seep out into the ocean where they may then float along currents

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

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

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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.

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

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Can we beat climate change by geoengineering the oceans?

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Can we beat climate change by geoengineering the oceans?

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Light bursting through the ocean

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Thousands of previously undescribed viruses found by huge ocean survey

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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is packed with floating life

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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is packed with floating life

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3D SPECTROSCOPY OF A CORAL REEF IN THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. BRIGHTER COLORS INDICATE LOCATIONS OF CORALS THAT DIED AFTER A BLEACHING EVENT

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Corals further from pollution were more resistant to Hawaiian heatwave

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Plastic garbage collected research plot to assess plastic pollution Eastern Island Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge

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Countries agree to end plastic pollution in ambitious global treaty

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devastating coral bleaching due to global warming. These corals are dying.

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Safe havens for coral reefs will disappear with 2°C of global warming

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Extreme marine heatwaves are now normal for the world's oceans

Since 2014, more than half of the ocean surface across the globe has recorded temperatures considered extreme compared with a historical average

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This data image shows the monthly average sea surface temperature for May 2015. Between 2013 and 2016, a large mass of unusually warm ocean water--nicknamed the blob--dominated the North Pacific, indicated here by red, pink, and yellow colors signifying temperatures as much as three degrees Celsius (five degrees Fahrenheit) higher than average. Data are from the NASA Multi-scale Ultra-high Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (MUR SST) Analysis product.

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Outsider wins DARPA challenge to predict where floats drift at sea

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Ambergris: What fragrant whale excretions tell us about ancient oceans

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US military offers $50,000 to predict where sensors drift in the ocean

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Most CO2 from Australia’s megafires has been offset by algal blooms

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