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Forget 'new year, new me' – I went surfing instead

From learning to surf on Desroches Island to quiet wellness moments on Mahé, saying yes to what feels good turned out to be the best resolution of all

Evening Standard · Apr 22

Coral reefs are secretly connected across vast oceans – and that’s crucial for their survival

Lord Howe Island lies in the middle of the ocean, about 700 kilometres northeast of Sydney. It’s covered in lush forest and fringed by the world’s most southerly coral reef ecosystem.

The Conversation · Apr 21

Acoustic tags and underwater robots help recover ghost fishing gear in Portugal

The NETTAG+ project, funded by the European Union, aims to combat fishing waste and mitigate its effects on marine life.

Euronews · Apr 21

Woman asks Netanyahu to drop bombs on college event in WhatsApp chat — her college is in Florida, but cops arrest her anyway

Her friends weren't laughing.

We Got This Covered · Apr 20

Climate groups sue US government over approval of new BP project in Gulf of Mexico

Advocates expressed alarm as new project drills deeper into ocean bed, pointing to company’s failures at Deepwater Horizon spill

The Guardian - US · Apr 20

Rare underwater tornado forms in strong circular motion off Australia’s Manly Beach | Watch

Drone footage captured at Manly Beach in Sydney has documented a rare and potentially dangerous rip current forming close to the shoreline. The footage shows a strong circular motion in the water, where sand and seawater are drawn into a spinning vortex beyond the breaking waves. The event was recorded…

The Times of India · Apr 20

Scientists found a 'bathtub ring' on Mars. Could it be evidence of an ancient Red Planet ocean?

A huge geological structure on Mars resembling a bathtub ring may be evidence of an ocean that once covered a third of the Red Planet.

Space · Apr 20

Timmy, the whale stranded off Germany's coast, swims off and gets stuck...again

The plan was to lift the whale from the seabed using inflatable cushions and transport it with pontoons back to the North Sea or possibly as far as the Atlantic Ocean.

Euronews · Apr 20

Two Russian shadow fleet tankers spotted crossing British waters

The two ships were seen heading in opposit directions near the Hebrides in the North Atlantic Ocean on Monday morning

The Independent UK · Apr 20

'US wanted to kill the crew': Surviving sailor of sunk Iranian warship narrates horror - watch video

The surviving sailor of Iranian warship IRIS Dena has described the terrifying US strike that sank his warship last month, killing 104 crew members, in the Indian Ocean near Sri Lanka. The injured sailor, identified as Hamed Momeneh, claimed that intention of the Americans was to "kill the crew", adding…

The Times of India · Apr 20