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sea life

The hunt for habitable ocean worlds beyond our solar system

Space

The hunt for habitable ocean worlds beyond our solar system

Astronomers think that planets covered in water, with oceans hundreds of metres deep, could be relatively common in our galaxy. Now the race is on to find one

Features

Satellite image of Jakobshavn glacier,

Environment

Engineering firms explore plan to slow melting of Greenland glacier

News

LELYSTAD, NETHERLANDS - APRIL 08: The remains of a deer are seen in the Oostvaardersplassen nature reserve on April 08, 2018 in Lelystad, Netherlands. Thousands of animals died during this winter due to overpopulation and a shortage of food. Animal activists feed the horses, deer and cattle by throwing hay over the fences despite a ban by the local authorities. Emotions are running high as many of the animals face starvation with Oostvaardersplassen's feeding policy for large grazers being heavily criticised. (Photo by Pierre Crom/Getty Images)

Environment

The surprising role death plays in the stability of ecosystems

Features

Shipwreck

Environment

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

News

Dark blue ocean surface seen from underwater. Waves underwater and rays of sunlight shining through

Life

Experiments hint at how molecules essential to all life first arose

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Hundreds of dead crabs on the beach at Seaton Carew, Hartlepool in 2021 https://twitter.com/12BBYTHESEASIDE/status/1452164992845983744 Paul Grainger (permissions granted)

Environment

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

News

Artist's impression of three planets orbiting an ultracool dwarf star

Space

Earth's algae and moss could survive under the light of another star

News

Saturn's moon Enceladus

Space

Enceladus shown to have all six of the essential elements for life

News

HO CHI MINH, VIETNAM - NOV 20, 2017: Royalty high quality stock image aerial view of Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam. Beauty skyscrapers along river light smooth down urban development in Ho Chi Minh City; Shutterstock ID 759434539; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

Environment

Most big coastal cities have areas sinking faster than sea level rise

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TOP IMAGE - Jason deCaires Taylor, Rubicon, 2016. Picture credit: @jasondecairestaylor(page 181) Stainless steel, pH-neutral cement, basalt and aggregates,installation view, Museo Atl?ntico, Las Coloradas, Lanzarote, Atlantic Ocean

Humans

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

From Jason deCaires Taylor's underwater statues, walking to oblivion, to Carl Chun's detailed illustration of an octopus, a new book explores how our oceans have inspired art through the centuries

Regulars

Life

Self-replicating protein factories are a step towards artificial life

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Humans

We need to act now to give future generations a better world

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Life

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

Culture

Life

Watch stingrays make odd clicking sounds as they glide through the sea

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