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# marine life

This year
2023
World's oceans set new surface temperature record, raising concerns about marine life
The latest figures follow a string of record highs around the world.
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Aug 4th 2023, 6:49 PM
Opinion: 'Climate and biodiversity are not election issues' - it's time that changed
It’s important not to forget to advocate for nature, says Dr Donal Griffin of the Fair Seas campaign.
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Jul 24th 2023, 7:00 AM
Rising ocean temperatures spell 'real threat' to fish species in Irish waters
A report by
Lauren Boland
There are many warning signs that Earth’s oceans are heating up due to climate change.
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Jun 25th 2023, 12:05 AM
Last year
2022
Minister of State 'deeply concerned' about marine impacts of Russian military exercises
Malcolm Noonan said he has written to the Foreign Affairs Minister and the Russian Ambassador to Ireland to express his concerns.
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Jan 26th 2022, 6:30 AM
All time
Leatherback turtle and beluga whale spotted in Irish waters
Over the course of two years the obSERVE Programme, a government initiative, collected data through two projects.
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Nov 23rd 2018, 10:58 PM
Here are some of the best photos taken of marine life in Dublin Bay from the 1980s to 2017
Dublin Bay Biosphere Partnership and the Irish Underwater Council wanted to raise awareness of marine life living in Dublin Bay.
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May 5th 2018, 6:30 PM
Plastic bags are still damaging the environment
Research has found that plastic litter can smother marine life in just nine weeks.
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Apr 22nd 2015, 6:04 AM
This video of an octopus attacking a crab on land will haunt your nightmares
ON LAND. No one is safe.
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Feb 24th 2015, 9:27 AM
Here's the video that made LEGO kick Shell to the kerb
A Greenpeace campaign has led to the toy giant distancing itself from Shell.
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Oct 9th 2014, 9:34 PM
WATCH: Cheery Fungi the Dolphin plays with boaters in Dingle Bay
Some new footage of our old friend Fungi shows he’s as playful as ever.
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Apr 10th 2014, 9:28 AM
This great white shark is heading for Ireland
Lydia has been making her way across the Atlantic over the past 12 months.
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Mar 9th 2014, 4:20 PM
VIDEO: Meet the 'walking' shark found in Indonesia
The brown and white shark pushes itself along the ocean floor, using its fins.
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Aug 30th 2013, 3:02 PM
100 million neon orange shellfish found in Scottish waters
The newly-discovered colony may require protection.
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Dec 28th 2012, 3:15 PM
New Zealand beaching proves rarest of whales exists
The spade-toothed beaked whale is so rare that nobody has seen one alive.
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Nov 6th 2012, 9:27 PM
Huge quantities of plankton discovered under Arctic ice
NASA study of tiny algae led to discovery of under-ice ‘bloom’ of the marine food source.
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Jun 7th 2012, 7:23 PM
New species of crab dubbed 'The Hoff' due to hairy chest
What has David Hasselhoff got in common with a sea-dwelling crustacean? More than you (might) think…
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Jan 4th 2012, 7:26 PM