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The seabed is sinking under the weight of water from melting ice caps

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The seabed is sinking under the weight of water from melting ice caps

Water flowing into the oceans from Greenland and Antarctica is pushing the seabed down 0.1 millimetres a year, but don’t get your hopes up – it won’t stop sea level rise

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Albatrosses strapped with sensors help spy on illegal fishing boats

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Albatrosses strapped with sensors help spy on illegal fishing boats

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Dead common murres

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Marine heatwave known as 'the blob' killed a million US seabirds

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Thwaites glacier

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Antarctica's doomsday glacier is melting. Can we save it in time?

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Wallace & Gromit's creators make new animation to try to save the seas

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Wallace & Gromit's creators make new animation to try to save the seas

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Exploring the deep ocean and the surprising creatures that live there

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Exploring the deep ocean and the surprising creatures that live there

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Liz Bonnin at 51�� Live

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The problem with plastic - and how science can solve it

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How to solve our plastic waste problem

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How to solve our plastic waste problem

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coral reef

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51��s issue wake-up call on dangerous loss of oxygen from oceans

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Aerial drone view of Atlantic ocean waves washing black basaltic sand beach, Iceland

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A vital project for monitoring ocean currents has been saved - for now

An under-threat flagship science project that monitors an ocean current crucial to weather on both sides of the Atlantic has been given a reprieve after funding was secured for its short-term future

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We constantly eat microplastics. What does that mean for our health?

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Fighting plastic pollution in British waters: How to make a difference

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Tackling ocean pollution is a huge problem – Maths may hold the answer

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Join a virtual 6000km trek across the deep ocean

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