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Sea cucumbers surprise scientists with spectacular light show

Ten sea cucumber species have been found to emit light for the first time, and researchers predict 200 more deep-sea species in this group could be bioluminescent

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Ocean heat could supply essentially endless clean energy to islands

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Firefighters in New South Wales, Australia, on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019.

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Twin ocean climate anomalies may trigger heat and drought in 2024

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Ash from wildfires may fuel the growth of plankton in the ocean

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Warm seas blamed for the disappearance of 10 billion snow crabs

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Sea life in the Ordovician period

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Ocean life surged 500 million years ago due to cooler sea temperatures

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See this award-winning shot of a reef manta ray taken by a drone

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Invasive blue crabs are poised to devastate the global clam supply

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The delightfully bizarre creatures that live near deep-sea vents

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Angela Stevenson, 39, a marine scientist for GEOMAR, dives with a bunch of flowering seagrass she has collected, in Laboe, Germany July 10, 2023. The group of scientists collect seeds for research into planting the seeds and breeding a more heat resistant seagrass for the SeaStore Seagrass Restoration Project at the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel.

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Photos capture mission to rescue seagrass meadows in the the Baltic

Seagrass is a crucial marine ecosystem that is being lost to climate change. Researchers in Germany are trying to help the meadows flourish again

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Hot ocean temperatures to fuel above-average Atlantic hurricane season

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Will sinking tonnes of wood into the ocean help tackle climate change?

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Could pumping CO2 under Canada's coast cause earthquakes?

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The Underworld review: A gripping voyage into the deep ocean

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