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Members of the European Parliament, including German co-president of the Greens parliamentary group, Ska Keller (C), take part in a voting session on the 'Conservation of fishery resources and protection of marine ecosystems through technical measures' at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on January 16, 2018

Earth

Commercial electric pulse fishing should be banned for now

The growing use in Europe of trawl nets that stun fish with electricity has divided opinion. It should be scaled back and properly researched, says Lesley Evans Ogden

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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

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Storm waves can move boulders heavier than the Statue of Liberty

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Storm waves can move boulders heavier than the Statue of Liberty

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Venice may be almost 200 years older than anyone thought

Humans

Venice may be almost 200 years older than anyone thought

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This is the oldest fossil of a plesiosaur from the dinosaur era

Life

This is the oldest fossil of a plesiosaur from the dinosaur era

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Hot springs, Yellowstone National Park

Life

Ancient microbes caused Earth’s first ever global warming

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

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

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The Great Barrier Reef

Life

'Super-spreader' coral could restore trashed Great Barrier Reef

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Shipping at sea

Technology

Camera spots hidden oil spills and may find missing planes

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waves artwork

Earth

The unseen puppet masters that control life in the oceans

Trace elements have the power to give life and snuff it out. For the first time, we are getting to grips with where they come from and how they act

Features

Earth

What we're doing now will make the ocean completely unliveable

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Life

How a tiny shrimp fires a savage shock wave using just its claw

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Life

Mussel-inspired plastic could make self-repairing body armour

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Oysters can ‘hear’ the ocean even though they don’t have ears

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