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An exoplanet covered in oceans?

The James Webb Space Telescope detected methane and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of K2-18 b

Salon · Sep 13, 2023

Three passengers with Covid on board cruise ship grounded off Greenland

Passengers in isolation with virus as Ocean Explorer remains stuck in Alpefjord national park

The Guardian - AU · Sep 13, 2023

Devastatingly low Antarctic sea ice may be the ‘new abnormal', study warns

For most of us, Antarctic sea ice is an abstraction – something far away we may have seen on a documentary. But the radiant white sheets of ice floating on the seas around the snowy continent are a crucial component of Earth’s climate processes.

The Conversation · Sep 13, 2023

Miami’s makeover from party town to cultural haven

There’s a whole different side of South Beach to be discovered away from the raucous nightlife, finds Tamara Hinson

The Independent UK · Sep 12, 2023

Island nations take landmark ocean protection case to UN court

Nine small island states suffering the devastating impacts of climate change have appeared before the UN maritime court to seek a ruling that will say ocean-heating carbon emissions are pollution and therefore a violation of international law.

Radio France Internationale · Sep 12, 2023

Country diary: A marooned fulmar chick that’s not as helpless as it looks

Aughris Head, County Sligo, Ireland: Surrounded by ocean, with its parents absent, no wonder it looked grumpy

The Guardian - UK · Sep 12, 2023

‘I want it to hit people in the gut’: Chris Ofili on his epic, three-wall Grenfell fresco

The artist has finally chosen to address the tragedy – with Requiem, a vast work depicting a flaming building, fleeing souls and an ocean of tears. He explains why he placed an artist who died at its centre

The Guardian - UK · Sep 12, 2023

Four-day training camp concludes at INA

INA's four-day training camps, 'Varuna' and 'Samudramanthan', concluded with 171 cadets, including 15 international trainees, testing their physical and mental strength. Activities included endurance runs, small arms firing, construction of rafts, obstacle courses, rowing and open ocean sailing. On the last day, cadets participated in a quadrathlon and a campfire.…

The Hindu · Sep 12, 2023

NZ’s vital kelp forests are in peril from ocean warming – threatening the important species that rely on them

Years of almost non-stop marine heatwaves are stressing New Zealand’s kelp forests. But as we show in our new research, ongoing ocean warming is only one of several threats to these unique and important coastal seaweed ecosystems.

The Conversation · Sep 12, 2023

Nasa says distant exoplanet could have rare water ocean and possible hint of life

Space agency said potential finding of dimethyl sulfide on K2-18 b, produced only by life on Earth, is yet to be confirmed

The Guardian - US · Sep 11, 2023