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Geophysicists at Washington State University have uncovered a possible explanation for how nutrients may travel into the subsurface ocean of Europa, a moon of Jupiter that ranks among the strongest ...

Fossilised plankton from the Arabian Sea reveals oxygen levels in oceans may recover after global warming, say University of Southampton scientists.

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