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How sunlight could turn seawater into freshwater for coastal communities

Abu Dhabi-based startup Manhat is developing a floating device that distills water without requiring electricity

Pillar coral increase its extinction risk to Critically Endangered due to human activity

An international team of experts, including from the University of Portsmouth, have found marine species is facing a “perfect storm” due to human activity

Ocean Conservancy offers tips for an ocean friendly holiday

Make the sea-son merry and bright with four simple steps

Plastic pollution kills sea urchin larvae

Sea urchin larvae raised in high levels of plastic pollution die due to developmental abnormalities, new research shows.

New aquarium under development for Antarctic krill research

A new world-leading Antarctic krill aquarium and research facility in Tasmania has taken a major step forward following a key planning approval.

World-first satellite to measure Earth’s water levels blasts into space

This unprecedented data will help improve our understanding of climate change

Over £3.5m awarded to sustainable fishing projects as new funding round opens

The funding, from the government’s £100m UK Seafood Fund, will focus on a number of species vulnerable to overfishing along the English Channel.

BOEM and NOAA announce joint strategy for fisheries surveys

Agencies aim to mitigate offshore wind development impacts

New kind of tropical cyclone identified in the Indian Ocean

Flinders University oceanography experts have described a new kind of cyclone in the Indian Ocean near Sumatra after observing satellite surface winds in the region.

Offshore wind farms change marine ecosystems, study shows

The large-scale wind farms can strongly influence marine primary production as well as the oxygen levels in and beyond the wind farm areas.

A warmer Arctic Ocean leads to more snowfall further south, according to new model

With the Arctic Ocean being twice as sensitive to rapid warming than the global average, evaporation and subsequent changes to the hydrological cycle over northern Eurasia will become even more pronounced in the years to come.

Arctic carbon conveyor belt discovered

Understanding transport and transformation processes within the carbon cycle is essential to creating global carbon dioxide budgets and therefore also projections for global warming.

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