oceans

Last year’s marine heatwaves saw an unprecedented decline in the growth of phytoplankton and algae, which many animals in the …

Olivine sands can be found on some beaches in Hawaii Sara Komo/Shutterstock Dumping alkaline green sand into shallow seas could …

Pitcairn is one of the remotest inhabited islands in the world Michael Runkel/robertharding/Ala​my AFTER four nights at sea on a …

Is Antarctic sea ice undergoing a permanent change? Photodynamic/Shutterstock The sea ice that encircles Antarctica has reached near-record low levels …

Hexagonal frames called reef stars are installed in degraded areas to stabilise loose rubble and kickstart rapid coral growth The …

Clownfish and anemones have a symbiotic relationship wildestanimal/Getty Images The secret’s in the snot. Chemical changes in the mucus that …

Chile experienced a severe wildfire earlier this year ZUMA Press, Inc. / Alamy The planet just experienced the hottest February …

Pyrosomes thrive in warmer seas Mark Conlin / Alamy Strange colonial animals called pyrosomes are thriving in the north-east Pacific …

Diving northern gannets Kat Zhou/UPY 2024 Snowy-white northern gannets (Morus bassanus) plunge into icy waters off the Shetland Islands in …

Pitcairn Islands ROYAL NAVY LIKE many British people, I have always been vaguely aware of the existence of a place …