The UK needs to move to net zero CO2 emissions by 2025 say protestors but how…
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The history of plastic in the sea
A metal box which has been dragged around the ocean first discovered a plastic bag sixty…
Early ocean plastic litter traced to 1960s
Scientists "accidentally" record the history of ocean plastic, including what may have been the first plastic…
Microplastics found in ‘pristine’ Pyrenees mountains
Scientists from Scotland and France spent five months monitoring the secluded site in the Pyrenees.
Extinction Rebellion London protest: 290 arrested
Extinction Rebellion campaigners enter their second day of blocking traffic in central London.
Stonehenge: DNA reveals origin of builders
The ancestors of the people who built Stonehenge travelled west across the Mediterranean to get to…
Bacton sand martins return to cliff burrows after nets removed
The birds' nesting sites were blocked when netting was installed.
Extinction Rebellion: Climate protesters block roads
Extinction Rebellion targets central London in a global day of action against climate change.
Baby boom for North Atlantic right whales off US coast
US researchers spot three mother and calf pairs of the endangered North American right whale species.
President’s underwater plea for the oceans
Seychelles' leader delivers a speech in defence of the Indian Ocean from inside a submersible.