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The Hugely Important Ocean Current You’ve Never Heard Of

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How Soon Might the Atlantic Ocean Break? Two Sibling Scientists Found an Answer—and Shook the World

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The Mysterious Discovery of ‘Dark Oxygen’ on the Ocean Floor

The Big Story

The Titan Submersible Disaster Shocked the World. The Inside Story Is More Disturbing Than Anyone Imagined

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Cities Aren’t Prepared for a Crucial Part of Sea Level Rise: They’re Also Sinking

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Less Sea Ice Means More Arctic Trees—Which Means Trouble

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A Discarded Plan to Build Underwater Cities Will Give Coral Reefs New Life

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Ocean Temperatures Keep Shattering Records—and Stunning Scientists

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Countries Are Building Giant ‘Sand Motors’ to Protect Their Coasts From Erosion

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NASA’s New PACE Observatory Searches for Clues to Humanity’s Future

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Trawling Boats Are Hauling Up Ancient Carbon From the Ocean Depths

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Inside the DIY Movement to Fight Coastal Erosion

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The Surprising Things That Helped Make 2023 the Hottest Year Ever

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These Mining Companies Are Ready to Raid the Seabed

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Norway’s Deep-Sea Mining Decision Is a Warning

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The Ocean’s Mysteries—and Marvels—Are About to Reach New Depths

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The Tantalizing Mystery of the Solar System’s Hidden Oceans

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Undersea-Aged Champagne Is Starting to Surface

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All the Fish We Cannot See

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Scientists Have Been Freezing Corals for Decades. Now They're Learning How to Wake Them Up

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The Surprising Reason Sea Creatures Are Getting Hungrier

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A Major Alarm Is Flashing Under Greenland’s Ice

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If You Didn’t Care About Antarctica’s Icy Belly, You Will Now

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A Flesh-Eating Bacterium Is Creeping North as Oceans Warm

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