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Much of Greenland's ice could melt even if world doesn't get warmer

Even if the planet doesn't get any warmer than it is now, melting ice in Greenland could add at least 1.5 metres to the global average sea level and possibly as much as 5 metres

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Greg Rouse, Scripps Oceanography The Osedax body is visible inside the root of the tooth on the left and the piece emerging from the lower left is the gelatinous tube of the Osedax worm. The worm can retract inside when disturbed so we can see it properly in the picture.

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Zombie worms devour shark teeth that fall to the ocean floor

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'Doomsday' glacier in Antarctica isn't as vulnerable as feared

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Ozone layer treaty pushed back ice-free Arctic summers up to 15 years

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Antarctic ice melt may be reversible due to rising land beneath

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The research vessel Falkor (too)

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High-tech research ship ready to seek new life at hydrothermal vents

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Oosterschelde flood barrier with windmills in the Netherlands at the Northern Sea taken from above with a drone

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Coastal cities have added 2500 squares kilometres of land since 2000

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Hulhumale, a new island in the Maldives

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Artificial urban islands could supply homes in Maldives as waters rise

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Launching vehicle loaded with an ORCA type detection unit KM3NeT - LOM-on-anchor.jpg KM3NeT the next generation neutrino telescopes KM3NeT is a research infrastructure housing the next generation neutrino telescopes. Once completed, the telescopes will have detector volumes between megaton and several cubic kilometres of clear sea water. Located in the deepest seas of the Mediterranean, KM3NeT will open a new window on our Universe, but also contribute to the research of the properties of the elusive neutrino particles. With the ARCA telescope, KM3NeT scientists will search for neutrinos from distant astrophysical sources such as supernovae, gamma ray bursters or colliding stars. The ORCA telescope is the instrument for KM3NeT scientists studying neutrino properties exploiting neutrinos generated in the Earth's atmosphere. Arrays of thousands of optical sensors will detect the faint light in the deep sea from charged particles originating from collisions of the neutrinos and the Earth. The facility will also house instrumentation for Earth and Sea sciences for long-term and on-line monitoring of the deep sea environment and the sea bottom at depth of several kilometers.

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Help in the hunt for neutrinos while exploring deep-sea ecosystems

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Satellite photo of the B22a iceberg after coming unstuck

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Breakaway iceberg raises concerns over Antarctica’s 'doomsday glacier'

A massive iceberg that has been stuck on the seafloor in front of the Thwaites glacier in West Antarctica for two decades and helped protect it is now floating away

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Spotlight on plankton, the ocean's fascinating, bite-sized creatures

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Venice may get a temporary respite from rising seas by 2035

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Siphonophores' propulsion system is built for speed and efficiency

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Melting Greenland ice raises sea level more than previously thought

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