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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is gobbling up ever more plastic

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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is gobbling up ever more plastic

There's at least four times as much plastic floating in the Pacific as we thought, and a lot of it may have floated over from Japan after the 2011 Tohoku tsunami

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Why ancient deer returned to the sea and became whales

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Why ancient deer returned to the sea and became whales

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Parts of San Francisco are sinking faster than the sea is rising

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Parts of San Francisco are sinking faster than the sea is rising

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Fish called ‘sarcastic fringehead’ has a wider mouth than body

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Fish called ‘sarcastic fringehead’ has a wider mouth than body

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North Atlantic right whale

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North Atlantic right whales didn't have a single calf this year

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Sea urchins can drill holes in solid rock with just their teeth

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Sea urchins can drill holes in solid rock with just their teeth

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Deep-sea fish lay eggs near hydrothermal vents to keep them warm

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Deep-sea fish lay eggs near hydrothermal vents to keep them warm

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Wave of massive volcanoes created Earth's first supercontinent

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Wave of massive volcanoes created Earth's first supercontinent

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Australia's A$60 million plan for Great Barrier Reef won't work

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Australia's A$60 million plan for Great Barrier Reef won't work

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A capsized oil tanker is releasing invisible toxins into the sea

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A capsized oil tanker is releasing invisible toxins into the sea

The slick of oil condensate from a stricken tanker in the East China Sea is a threat to all marine life, not least because it is invisible

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Even a small cut in global warming will help slow sea level rise

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Record-breaking two-tonne fish is the heaviest of its kind

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La Niña forecast may mean even worse Atlantic hurricanes in 2018

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'Mother' coral reefs are breathing life into their neighbours

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