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What is the UN high seas treaty and will it save the world鈥檚 oceans?
Nations have for the first time agreed on a framework for protecting marine life in international waters, but there are many issues still to be ironed out
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Why are so many whales getting stranded on US beaches?
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Help to create a global map of ocean microplastic pollution
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Marine heatwaves could wipe out all common sea stars by 2100
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Time is running out for countries to agree rules on deep-sea mining
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Earth
Marine sciences must cast off an imperial legacy of ocean exploitation
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Hundreds of razorbills have been turning up far from home in Italy
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Microfibres that pollute the seas are floating homes for bacteria
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Tuna use sharks as back scratchers despite risk of being eaten
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Decarbonising the shipping industry will cost more than $1 trillion
Powering all shipping vessels with zero-emission fuels by 2050 would slash the industry's emissions, but it would require between $1 trillion and $1.4 trillion of investment
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Heat-loving, oil-eating bacteria are seeping out of the seafloor
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Giant yellow crustacean in an aquarium turns out to be new species
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Start-up plans 2500 artificial coral reefs to fight climate change
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Can we beat climate change by geoengineering the oceans?
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