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Seychelles is becoming overwhelmed by marine plastic – we now know where it comes from

More than 1,000km southwest of Mahé, the main inhabited island in Seychelles, lies a ring of coral islands called the Aldabra Atoll. The islands are a Unesco world heritage site and support a huge diversity of marine species including manta rays and tiger sharks. The atoll is also a breeding…

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If Alien Life Exists on an Ocean World, It May Follow These Chemical Rules

A recent study suggests some enzymes may not work well in the oceans of Enceladus and Europa — but they come very close.

Inverse

Plastic pollution in Nigeria: whose job is it to clean up the mess?

Take a walk or drive through the streets of most Nigerian cities, and you will see plastic waste everywhere. The country’s rivers, lakes and ocean are also full of discarded plastic. Nigeria is estimated to generate about 2.5 million tonnes of plastic waste annually. Plastic accounts for 15% of the…

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Esperance surfer praised for back-to-back rip rescues at WA's West Beach

Fletcher Slee had been preparing to leave West Beach when he looked towards the ocean and saw two boys in trouble. He made sure both made it to shore, but his work wasn't done for the day.

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‘Why do ‘sports’ colognes always smell like disappointed lemon drops?’ Katie Puckrik has the answer

I’ve never understood the point of ‘sport’ cologne. Why a discrete scent pour les sportifs? A different smell for the swole? Whether you’re in a stadium or the local gym, there will doubtless be moisture-wicking Ts and breathable gussets involved, as well as leggings improbably built from bamboo and trainers…

Evening Standard

German wins Cadel's race in sprint finish

German rider Marius Mayrhofer was the surprise winner of the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race, taking out the sprint finish.

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Why the north and east have had such a dreadful summer

Oceans are at their warmest state ever and that has consequences, Kevin Trenberth writes

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Dutch cyclist beats Spratt for Cadel win

Australian star Amanda Spratt has lost out to Dutch cyclist Loes Adegeest to finish second in the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race.

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Ewan out to build cycling form in Geelong

Caleb Ewan knows he can win the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race if the cards fall the way of the Australian sprint ace.

AAP

Putin discusses Russia's claim to giant chunk of Arctic Ocean seabed

President Vladimir Putin held talks on Friday with top security officials about the status of Russia's efforts to legally expand the outer boundaries of its continental shelf in the Arctic Ocean.

Reuters

Cadel keen to watch Vine race at his event

Australian cycling great Cadel Evans is keen to see new star Jay Vine in action at his Great Ocean Road Race and thinks the tough course might suit him.

AAP

Morning Mail: Greens’ voice dilemma, seaweed hunger solution, anger at Trump return

Lidia Thorpe’s position on an inquiry into Indigenous bodies could undermine the referendum; how ocean farming could be key to food and energy needs

The Guardian - AU

An even colder winter ahead thanks to return of El Niño in 2023

A frosty 2023-24 winter season is likely if El Niño ramps up

Wales Online

Four possible consequences of El Niño returning in 2023

Every two to seven years, the equatorial Pacific Ocean gets up to 3°C warmer (what we know as an El Niño event) or colder (La Niña) than usual, triggering a cascade of effects felt around the world. This cycle is called the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) because every El…

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Food, feed and fuel: global seaweed industry could reduce land needed for farming by 110m hectares, study finds

Scientists identify parts of ocean suitable for seaweed cultivation and suggest it could constitute 10% of human diet to reduce impact of agriculture

Daily Mirror

Best UK ferry routes to spot wildlife including sharks, dolphins and whales

Blue sharks, humpback whale, bottlenose dolphins, ocean sunfish, basking sharks and beluga whales can all be seen off the UK coast, if you are eagle eyed and lucky

The Independent UK

‘Offensive’ police code name for Nadhim Zahawi tax probe linked to tropical fish

Exclusive: Operation Catalufa was named after a species of ray-finned fish that lives deep in the Pacific Ocean

The Conversation

Deep sea reefs are spectacular and barely-explored – they must be conserved

Sunlit coral reefs are perhaps the most famous marine habitat and many people will have snorkelled over or dived down to one at some point. Home to a quarter of all known ocean life, these “rainforests of the ocean” have been at the forefront of marine research for decades and…

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Russian warship simulates hypersonic missile strike in the Atlantic Ocean

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the development of hypersonic missiles back in 2019

Los Angeles Times

3 California mass shootings force grieving Asian Americans to ask painful questions

LOS ANGELES — Their motives for mass murder appeared to be different — workplace enmity, law enforcement officials said, or personal resentment, or a political conflict in a homeland across the ocean.

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin stages provocative war games with 'hypersonic missile launch'

The Russian warship Admiral Gorshkov armed with the deadly missiles sailed dangerously close to the US with the ship's commander boasting that the Gorshkov is “the most dangerous enemy in the world’s oceans”

Reuters

Russia defence ministry says frigate tests strike capabilities in Atlantic

The Russian Defence Ministry said on Wednesday the frigate Admiral Gorshkov tested its strike capabilities in the western Atlantic Ocean.

Los Angeles Times

'Dry' California got big rains. Was it really an epic weather forecasting fail?

For decades, two climate patterns in the Pacific Ocean have loomed large in predicting weather in California and other parts of the globe. El Niño — a warming of sea-surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific — seemed synonymous with wet winters for Southern California, while La Niña was a heralder…

Los Angeles Times

George Skelton: Uncaptured water isn't wasted. But more could be stored for a non-rainy day

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A gazillion gallons of stormwater have been rampaging down rivers into the sea. But that uncaptured bounty hasn't been "wasted."

ABC News

Paragliders clung to rocks, scaled cliff to survive accident near Sharp Point, WA

Two men who almost drowned after one crashed into the ocean and the other was swept off rocks while trying to save him, were "resigned" to dying and feel lucky to be alive.

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