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UK and Ireland suffer one of the most severe marine heatwaves on Earth

Waters around the UK and Ireland have been classified as experiencing a category 4 (extreme) marine heatwave, as the North Atlantic ocean continues to see extraordinary warmth

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Surprising culprit found that killed 95% of a sea urchin population

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Long spined sea urchins underwater on seabed of the Caribbean sea

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Kelp forests capture nearly 5 million tonnes of CO2 annually

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Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) grows in a thick, underwater forest near the Channel Islands in California. This area is part of a National Park and is teeming with thousands of marine species.
Mysterious deep-sea holes may be burrows of tiny shrimp-like creatures

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Mysterious deep-sea holes may be burrows of tiny shrimp-like creatures

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RPS Woman Science Photographer of the Year a small group of atmospheric scientists move a fluxsled to the ice, this was the first instrument deployed on the new MOSAiC floe. ?Leap of Science? by Lianna Nixon (USA)

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See the top shots in the Woman Science Photographer of the Year award

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crustacean larvae

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Prawn larvae conceal their eyes with reflectors to hide from predators

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common starfish, common European seastar (Asterias rubens), at an underwater plant, view from above - Image ID: 2M0FA0C (RM)

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Marine heatwaves could wipe out all common sea stars by 2100

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Illustration of a group of ichthyosaurs

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Ichthyosaurs used a barren region of the ocean as an ancient nursery

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Pair of vaquita sighted during 2008 survey in Gulf of California

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Mexico’s latest plan to save endangered vaquitas could backfire

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Second world war shipwreck is leaking toxic chemicals in the North Sea

A German warship, the V-1302 John Mahn, was sunk in 1942 and is currently leaking toxic chemical and heavy metals in the North Sea

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What’s causing a mass die-off of crabs on the UK coast?

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Art of the ocean: How artists have depicted the marine world

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Two new books about sharks reveal how and why we should conserve them

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Ancient Romans may have triggered decline of the world’s rarest seals

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