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Whale song helps scientists discover what lies beneath the earth’s crustStrange creatures accidentally discovered beneath Antarctica’s ice shelfPlastic in the fish we eatBritish fishing industry in crisisJoanna Lumley plea over disposal of WWII bombs at sea

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Maritime

Whale song helps scientists discover what lies beneath the earth’s crust

Discoveries

Strange creatures accidentally discovered beneath Antarctica’s ice shelf

Maritime

Plastic in the fish we eat

Maritime

British fishing industry in crisis

Pollution

Joanna Lumley plea over disposal of WWII bombs at sea

Ocean Warming

Climate Change

The Arctic ocean was once a giant freshwater lake under half a mile of ice

Climate Change

Seagrass might just save us all

Ocean Protection

Legislation

UN head calls for an ocean science revolution

Legislation

Gulf of Mexico marine sanctuary triples in size

Ocean Discoveries

Discoveries

Strange creatures accidentally discovered beneath Antarctica’s ice shelf

Discoveries

Marine organism mystery solved by new discovery

Discoveries

Hidden world just below the surface

Discoveries

Restored corals give hope for reefs worldwide

Ocean Industries

Maritime

Whale song helps scientists discover what lies beneath the earth’s crust

Scientists trying to map the Pacific Ocean floor get an unexpected assist from the world’s second-largest mammal Fin whale songs are one of the loudest sounds in the ocean. At…

Maritime

Plastic in the fish we eat

Maritime

British fishing industry in crisis

Maritime

Is blue energy about to ride a wave?

Maritime

Destructive bottom trawling happens in 98% of the UK’s Marine Protected Areas

Ocean Pollution

Pollution

Joanna Lumley plea over disposal of WWII bombs at sea

Boris Johnson is told that exploding wartime ordnance to clear the way for windfarms harms marine life Actress Joanna Lumley is calling for wartime bombs found in British waters to…

Pollution

Ocean pollutants effect male fertility

Pollution

How microbes reflect the health of coral reefs

Pollution

New documents reveal BP was behind toxic Mauritius oil spill

Pollution

Is there a link between ocean pollution and damage to human health?

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