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Frankie Adkins

Frankie Adkins

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How Covid changed the sound of the ocean

During the lockdowns of 2020, global shipping was severely restricted and ocean noise pollution all but ceased. Instead the songs of fish filled the...

12.12.2025 60

BBC

Frankie Adkins

The plastic-filled balls washing up on beaches

As tiny pieces of plastic clog our oceans, natural meadows of seagrass are bundling up microplastics and spitting them back out onto beaches in the...

03.09.2025 200

BBC

Frankie Adkins

Australia's mysterious, glowing 'big four'

In Australia's Illawarra region, a ghostbusting-style night tour reveals ghost fungi, sea sparkles and tiny creatures lighting up the dark. On a...

10.05.2025 40

BBC

Frankie Adkins

Meet 2024's weirdest new species

Thousands of new species have been discovered by scientists this year – here are some of the weirdest. From the depths of the Pacific Ocean to the...

30.12.2024 100

BBC

Frankie Adkins