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Satellite data shows Hurricane Milton on Oct. 8, 2024, as it moves across the Gulf of Mexico. NOAA

Hurricane Milton explodes into a powerful Category 5 storm as it heads for Florida − here’s how rapid intensification works

Milton’s fast spin-up in the Gulf of Mexico was one of the most rapid intensifications on record. Two scientists who study hurricanes explain why this happens and what’s changing.
3D models of one of the Mars Coral Reef Restoration Project sites. Andy Mogg/Tritonia Scientific

Our digital 3D models of huge coral reefs could help revive these precious ecosystems

Creating 3D computer models of entire reefs – sometimes known as digital twins – can help researchers monitor these precious ecosystems faster and more accurately than ever before.
Huge kelp forest off the coast of Mull, Scotland. Just one of the UK’s many precious blue carbon habitats. A ODell

A new blue carbon map of the UK gives mud new meaning

Anna Turns sets sail from Plymouth Sound to explore the significance of blue carbon in marine habitats around the UK.
Antarctic krill store huge volumes of carbon. Auscape International Pty Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo

Antarctic krill store as much carbon as the world’s mangroves, salt marshes and seagrass beds

For the first time, we used a computer model of ocean currents to show that krill waste products don’t need to reach great depths to achieve carbon storage for at least 100 years.
The scientific research ship JOIDES Resolution on an expedition to the southwest Indian Ocean in 2015. Xinhua/Zhang Jiansong via Getty Images

The workhorse ship of ocean drilling may have made its last voyage – here’s why scientists don’t want to see the JOIDES Resolution mothballed

The National Science Foundation says that the JOIDES Resolution has become too costly to fund. But scientists say its $72 million annual budget pales compared with discoveries the ship has enabled.
One blue health study shows that virtual reality experiences that involve being by the sea can reduce experience of dental pain more than inland walking experiences. Elizaveta Galitckaia/Shutterstock

Connection with coast and inland waterways has multiple health benefits – here’s how we measure them

Looking at, listening to, and immersing ourselves in inland and coastal waters can directly benefit our physical and mental health - here’s how the study of blue health has evolved.

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