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The largest flood in Earth’s history burst through Gibraltar and Sicily and refilled the entire Mediterranean in just a few years

A little over 5 million years ago, water from the Atlantic Ocean found a way through the present-day Strait of Gibraltar. According to this theory, oceanic water rushed faster than a speeding car down a kilometre-high slope towards the empty Mediterranean Sea, excavating a skyscraper-deep trough on its way.

The Conversation

In Common: Rethinking Scotland's relationship with the sea

Good evening! This week's edition of the In Common newsletter comes from Michaela Girvan, co-founder, The Ocean Rights Coalition.

The National (Scotland)

80 Unexpected Ocean Moments That Might Freak You Out

The deep sea can either fascinate or terrify people. These photos can induce a little bit of both feelings.

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‘Yoda’ for scientists: the outsider ecologist whose ideas from the 80s just might fix our future

John Todd’s eco-machine stunned experts by using natural organisms to remove toxic waste from a Cape Cod lagoon. Forty years on, he wants to build a fleet of them to clean up the oceans

The Guardian - UK

The Florida Keys Are Calling—Here's What to Eat, Drink, and Do in Key West

Counterculture meets tropical beach vibes in this unique island town.

Marie Claire

Earth’s oceans once turned green – and they could change again

Nearly three fourths of Earth is covered by oceans, making the planet look like a pale blue dot from space. But Japanese researchers have made a compelling case that Earth’s oceans were once green, in a study published in Nature.

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Once, my father carried me into the surf. Now my arm steadies his steps back to the sea

Early morning swims were a daily ritual for my dad until age and illness took its toll. On a recent visit, I hatched a plan to get him in the ocean again

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‘It is about all of humankind’: Ukrainian violinist Valentina Goncharova on her cosmic call to compose

Born in Kyiv, trained in a Soviet conservatory and inspired in a Mongolian temple, the experimental musician describes the impulse that led to her first original album in 30 years

The Guardian - UK

Violin from famous Titanic film scene to be auctioned

The scene shows bandmaster Wallace Hartley leading his fellow musicians in playing as the doomed ocean liner goes down.

Evening Standard

Reality check for reviving dead and dying coral reefs

Expensive and up against climate change, experts say restoration is a drop in the ocean when it comes to protecting coral reefs.

AAP

How storytelling, creativity and collaborations can inspire climate action

Imagine heading into space, landing on the moon and walking in the dust. As you adjust to the weightlessness, you see something unexpected on the horizon. You’re looking back at the Earth, experiencing the “overview effect”. How would you feel? What would you see, hear, touch, taste and smell?

The Conversation

Penguins, vaccines: Can negotiations save Trump’s oddest tariff targets?

Barely inhabited islands, countries the US enjoys a trade surplus with, and a tariff formula that isn’t about tariffs.

Al Jazeera

25 Scary And Unsettling Things People Wish Were Lies But Are Actually Scientific Facts

No matter how much you learn about the universe, there is still plenty left to uncover, and that includes all sorts of scary and weird science facts, like the ones on this list.

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SpaceX launches 27 Starlink satellites on brand-new Falcon 9 rocket, aces Pacific Ocean landing (video)

A never-before-flown SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a batch of Starlink satellites into orbit today (April 7) from the coast of California.

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Indian experiment module falls from space and crashes into ocean, but it's all according to plan

India's POEM-4 experiment module burned up and fell into the Indian Ocean to avoid becoming space debris.

Louder

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now

Featuring Those Damn Crows, Brothers Osborne, Ally Venable and five other masters and mistresses of reality

The Independent UK

American YouTuber who tried to contact world’s most isolated tribe faces five years in prison

Indian police arrested 24-year-old American Youtuber Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov

The Guardian - UK

No sign of any U-turn on match-day parking scam near Old Trafford

A £10 cash payment to fake parking stewards led to a real £170 penalty charge notice for one fan

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The Conversation

98% of Queensland prawn areas at risk of inundation by rising seas this century

As climate change wreaks havoc with the world’s oceans, future production of fish, crustaceans and other aquatic organisms is under threat.

The Conversation

Wave energy’s huge potential could finally be unlocked by the power of sound – new research

Ocean waves have long been seen as having huge potential as a source of renewable energy. Waves produce an estimated 50 trillion to 80 trillion watts of power worldwide – nearly two to three times the world’s current annual energy consumption.

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Ocean Colour Scene owe their success to presenter Chris Evans

Ocean Colour Scene frontman Simon Fowler will always be grateful to TV and radio presenter Chris Evans for championing the band's work during the 1990s.

The Independent UK

Voices: Mea Culpa: Continental drift

Susanna Richards gets blown off course by more than one ‘special relationship’ in last week’s Independent

AAP

Eat the problem: sea urchin pest-to-plate funding urged

Harvesting sea urchins from ocean beds they are grazing to oblivion has been hailed as a success yet more needs to be done to keep populations in check.

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Fram2 astronaut mission's West Coast splashdown opens new era for SpaceX

SpaceX's Fram2 astronaut mission returned to Earth in the Pacific Ocean on Friday (April 4), marking a first for the spaceflight company.

Radio France Internationale

Reunion Island launches emergency health plan amid chikungunya epidemic

Health authorities in France's Reunion Island on Friday launched an emergency plan to boost staff in hospitals to deal with the spread of the chikungunya virus. This comes as the Indian Ocean territory reported over 6,000 new cases of the mosquito-borne disease last month.

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