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The Webb Telescope Finds Key Ingredient for Life on Jupiter's Moon Europa

Observations with JWST’s NIRSpec instrument found frozen crystals of carbon dioxide on the ice covering the surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa.

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'I want to get bogged at a beach in my wheelchair and know people will help'. Micheline Lee on the way forward for the NDIS

If you have read anything about the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) in the last few years, you will have encountered many metaphors. The NDIS is the “lifeboat in the ocean”, “an oasis in the desert”, “a plane being built mid-flight” or a “limitless magic pudding”.

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I survived three days in a capsized boat on the ocean floor – praying in my air bubble

Harrison Okene had no choice but to listen in the dark as the shouts of his colleagues fell silent. His throat throbbed and his tongue peeled. Ten years on, he explains why he loves the sea more than ever – and decided to become a diver

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Antarctic winter sea ice hits 'extreme' record low

Antarctic sea ice extent hit record low this winter, per NSIDC. Impact on animals like penguins & global warming could be dire. Study finds warming ocean temperatures driven by human-caused greenhouse gas emissions contributing to lower sea ice levels since 2016.

The Hindu

Antarctic sea ice shrinks to lowest annual maximum level on record, data shows

Scientists fear global heating may have shifted region into new era of disappearing ice with far-reaching consequences

The Guardian - AU

Sleep Expert Reveals Top Sounds To Help You Fall Asleep And Wake Up

Ocean waves, crackling fire, and distant fan buzzing among top sleep-inducing sounds, according to study.

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As Antarctic sea ice continues its dramatic decline, we need more measurements and much better models to predict its future

After two seasons of record-breaking lows, Antarctica’s sea ice remains in dramatic decline, tracking well below any winter maximum levels observed since satellite monitoring began during the late 1970s.

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One Fine Day by Matthew Parker review – compelling portrait of the British empire on the brink of decline

Through the prism of a single September day in 1923, from Jamaica to London to a tiny Pacific island, Parker captures peak British imperialism in vivid detail

The Guardian - UK

A source of carbon — a building block of life — is found on Jupiter's moon Europa

"The discovery signals a potentially habitable environment in the ocean of Europa," according to the Webb Space Telescope's website.

WEKU

US ambassador to Japan calls Chinese ban on Japanese seafood 'economic coercion'

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel has accused China of using “economic coercion” against Japan by banning imports of Japanese seafood in response to the release of treated wastewater from the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean, while Chinese boats continue to fish off Japan’s coasts

The Independent UK

Dozens of nations to sign U.N. ocean treaty but implementation still awaits

A new U.N. treaty to protect the world’s oceans was signed by 67 countries on September 20.

The Hindu

Carbon removal: why ambitious 'no nonsense' plans are vital to limit global heating to 2℃

2023 is proving to be a year of climate and weather extremes. Record-busting global air and ocean temperatures, unprecedented low levels of Antarctic sea ice, and devastating fires and floods have been reported across the world.

The Conversation

Unclear if ocean baths will re-open for start of summer

An official re-open date "will be confirmed closer to the time".

Newcastle Herald

Scientists excited to find ocean of one of Jupiter’s moons contains carbon

Discovery adds weight to view that Europa’s ocean could be most promising place in solar system to look for alien life

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Plastics spill from Queensland’s Bribie Island could harm wildlife for years, expert warns

CSIRO says 40,000 small discs accidentally discharged from research centre into the ocean are ‘non-toxic’ and ‘highly stable’

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Australia signs global treaty to protect the high seas

Conservationists are praising Australia's leadership after it signed a new pact to protect the parts of the global ocean that don't belong to any country.

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Hurricane Nigel gains strength over the Atlantic Ocean

The National Weather Service says Hurricane Nigel is gaining strength over the Atlantic Ocean and is expected to intensify

The Independent UK

Sponsor an ocean? Tiny island nation of Niue has a novel plan to protect its slice of the Pacific

The tiny Pacific island nation of Niue has come up with a novel plan to protect its vast and pristine territorial waters — it will get sponsors to pay

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North by Northeast: This coastal American road trip is the perfect sea-inspired getaway

From Maine and New Hampshire to Massachusetts and Nova Scotia, Rachel Ifans embarks on a once-in-a-lifetime drive along the Atlantic

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Discovering the universe from our own backyards

When I was a college student, I worked at the Charlevoix Astronomical Observatory in Québec.

The Independent UK

'Spring tide' ocean waves crash into buildings in South Africa, leaving 2 dead and injuring several

South African authorities say big ocean waves caused by a phenomenon known as “spring tide” crashed into coastal parts of the country over the weekend, leaving two people dead and injuring several

Radio France Internationale

Coral threatened by chemicals, including several in sunscreen, French study confirms

The French environmental health agency has confirmed the negative impact of certain chemicals on coral, including several substances present in sunscreens. With territories in three tropical oceans, France harbours ten percent of the world’s coral, which is already under threat from climate change.

The Conversation

Worried about heat and fire this summer? Here's how to prepare

The Northern Hemisphere summer brought catastrophic fires and floods to many countries. Down south, the winter was the hottest ever recorded in Australia, fuelled by record ocean temperatures.

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Māori and Pacific leaders propose legal personhood for whales at UN

Legal personhood has been signed into law for the Whanganui River and the Urewera. Now Māori and Pacific leaders are proposing the same for whales.

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‘4,700 species’: Portsmouth exhibition celebrates HMS Challenger’s deep-sea discoveries

Worlds Beneath the Waves at the National Museum of the Royal Navy marks 150 years since ship’s remarkable circumnavigation

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