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Surfing scientists and algae hunters use Sentinel-3 to study coastline

We meet a surfing scientist and toxic algae hunters to see how Sentinel-3 satellite data is used to study the coastline of the English Channel in this month's episode of Space.

19/04/2018

World News

Genital-breathing ‘punk turtle’ joins endangered species list

The new list ranks reptiles on a combination of how endangered and unusual they are.

13/04/2018

United Kingdom

Brexit brings opportunity for UK fishing boom: report

If the UK switches to sustainable fishing, it could increase its catch by almost 30% over the next decade, according to new research.

10/04/2018

World News

British yachtsman, John Fisher, presumed lost at sea

The British yachtsman, John Fisher, is presumed lost at sea after falling overboard in the Southern Ocean during gale force winds.

27/03/2018

Australia

World's oldest known message in a bottle discovered in Australia

A couple found the bottle with a rolled up note inside 132 years after it was thrown overboard a German ship.

06/03/2018

USA

Glowing phytoplankton light up California coast.

Once the wind picks back up, the phytoplankton will be dispersed through the waves, and the glow will disappear.

09/02/2018

Cult

New exhibition explores golden age of ocean travel

An exhibition at London's Victoria & Albert museum allows visitors to travel back in time to the golden age of ocean liner travel.

01/02/2018

Travel News

Half a day in La Digue, Seychelles

30/01/2018

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In a first lifeguard's drone saves swimmers in Australia

A drone helped save two teenage swimmers struggling in powerful surf on the Australian coastline on Thursday, in what the local authorities called a "world first".

18/01/2018

Living

Underwater with Blancpain

From the Fifty Fathoms to marine adventure photography and real 'Ocean Commitment'.

29/12/2017

Travel News

Half a day in Mauritius

19/12/2017

Poland

Santa goes for a dip in Poland

A group dressed in Santa outfits takes an icy dip in the Baltic Sea off the beach at Swinoujscie, in north-estern Poland.

09/12/2017

World News

UN seeks to tackle ‘ocean Armageddon’ of plastic pollution

The world’s top environmental decision-making body is targeting ‘global menace’ of pollution at a summit in Nairobi.

05/12/2017

Travel News

Half a day in Southampton

21/11/2017

Argentina

Hopes fade for missing Argentine submarine

Argentine navy discounts noise heard in South Atlantic as coming from missing submarine

21/11/2017

Argentina

Satellite signals in search for missing Argentine submarine

The ARA San Juan submarine with 44 crew members on board vanished on Wednesday

19/11/2017

World

Oceans drowning in plastic: UN Climate Change Conference

Ocean protection is crucial in fighting climate change – that is one of the key messages emanating from the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bonn…

14/11/2017

Indonesia

Stranded sperm whales die off Indonesian coast

The whales were part of a group of ten mammals that beached in Ujong Kareng

14/11/2017

Malta

Prince Charles makes plea to save our oceans

The threat posed by plastic waste was highlighted at the 'Our Ocean' Conference in Malta

05/10/2017

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Fish in a new climate

Will oysters be able to survive climate change and the expected rise of water temperatures in seas and oceans across the globe?

11/09/2017