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Fears of record-breaking El Niño event this year raise climate alarms

We don't yet know how strong the developing El Niño climate pattern will be, but even a weak one risks severe global disruption

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Animals abandon deep-sea mining areas for over a year

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(Original Caption) Otis Barton, inventor of the Barton tank, is shown here in the tank. The tank is to be used by William Beebe in his deep sea exploration expedition near Bermuda for observation and also for taking pictures.

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The Bathysphere Book review: Amazing story of the first deep-sea dives

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Fishing lines tangled to and breaking corals in Cape Verde

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Coral reefs are contaminated with plastic from fishing

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Cooks petrel

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Threatened seabirds are foraging at plastic pollution hotspots

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

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Striking panoramic seascape view on a rocky Atlantic Ocean Coast during a vibrant sunset. Taken at Crow Head, North Twillingate Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

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North Atlantic Ocean has reached record-high surface temperatures

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Sir Maurice Youge, Internationally renowned marine zoologist (1899-1986). His hybrid form is based on the local murex shell

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These beautiful sculptures are watching over the Great Barrier Reef

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We’ve been drastically underestimating Earth’s microbial diversity

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Whale shark seen bottom feeding for the first time

An ecotourism guide in Mexico filmed a whale shark gulping down material from the seabed, a behaviour that has never been observed in this species before

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Blue Machine review: Earth's ocean as a giant engine

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Ocean-fertilising bacteria work together to adapt to light levels

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5000 species not known elsewhere live in area set for deep-sea mining

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Common compostable plastic fails to break down after a year at sea

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