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floods
This English Town Is Letting the Sea Have Its Way
The coastal community of Selsey welcomes the return of salt marshes where farms once stood.
sinkhole
Is There a Future for the Sinkhole-Studded Dead Sea?
Receding waters are leaving behind an environmental disaster, and a new kind of tourism.
science
How the 'First Lady of Seaweed' Changed Science
Isabella Abbott, the first native Hawaiian woman to earn a doctorate in science, rewrote the book on her beloved limu.
Sirang-ri, South Korea
Haedong Yonggungsa
One of only a handful of seaside temples in Korea, this sacred space is home to a legendary healing Buddha statue and a traffic safety prayer pagoda.
architecture
The Future is Floating for the Netherlands and Other Low-Lying Countries
Houses and other buildings that rise and fall with water levels are becoming more common in Dutch cities.
Šibenik, Croatia
Sea Tunnel at St. Anthony’s Canal
This unique structure allowed boats to bypass underwater mine barriers in the channel to enter the harbor.
antarctic
Exploring Antarctica’s Upside-Down World
Clinging to the underside of ice hundreds of feet thick, strange communities eke out a living, while researchers race to study them before they disappear.
science
Is the Red Sea Really the Red Ocean?
It's complicated.
wine
The Spanish Navy Is Sailing Two Casks of Sherry Around the Globe
It revives a centuries-old tradition.
Lisbon, Portugal
Seashell Gallery
In the Monastery of São Vicente resides a gallery devoted to a breathtaking collection of seashells.
Minquiers, Jersey
Minquiers Toilet
The southernmost toilet in the British Isles.
Dover, England
Bronze Age Boat
One of the oldest seagoing boats in the world can be found at the Dover Museum.
caves
Some Neanderthals Wintered in Italy, Diving for Clams
In the absence of stone tools, bivalves would have to do.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Floating Farm
The world's first floating farm is staffed by one human, three robots, and 35 cows.
fossils
A Sea Lily Fossil in Utah Just Solved an Evolutionary Mystery
“This tears off one branch in the tree of life and rearranges it another way.”
forests
How an Ancient Himalayan Forest Wound Up at the Bottom of the Indian Ocean
Trees seem to have cascaded down mighty mountain rivers in a matter of weeks.
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Galway, Ireland
Conger Bread
After a traumatic encounter with a six-foot eel, one Galway baker started making a daily loaf of sourdough in its shape.
oceans
The Ocean's Eerie Twilight Zone Is in Murky Legal Water
Scientists are trying to keep one of the world’s last great wildernesses intact.
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