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Drain the Oceans

Continues Tuesday 8.30pm

Pull the plug on the ocean to reveal hidden secrets and lost worlds, using ground-breaking technology, breath-taking photography and insight from top marine archaeologists. Explore sunken cities, shipwrecks and the amazing natural wonders of the deep.

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Planet or Plastics? National Geographic launches a multiyear initiative to reduce single-use plastics and their impact on the world’s oceans.

Follow Video Jade's Quest To The Ends Of The Earth Faced with bitter cold, exhaustion, self-doubt and life-threatening dangers, Australian teenager Jade continues on her quest to conquer the world’s three largest polar caps.

Follow Video Jellyfish 101 How much do you really know about jellyfish? Given their diverse evolutionary history, jellies exhibit a fantastic range of shapes, sizes, and behaviours. Learn all about these squishy, brainless, beautiful creatures in this video.

Follow Video See what happens after a mass whale stranding In 2015, 337 baleen whales died and washed up on beaches in Patagonia, Chile. It’s the largest mass die-off of baleen whales ever observed. A deadly bloom of algae called a red tide is attributed as the cause. Scientists set up time-lapse cameras to study the effects of the carcasses on the surrounding area, and also to study the different stages of decomposition. They hope the footage will help identify the time and cause of death in future beachings.

News Beach clean-up study shows global scope of plastic pollution

What items retrieved from beaches tell us about trash.

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News 'Alarming' level of microplastics found in a major U.S. river

Scientists describe the biodiverse Tennessee River as an underwater rain forest, but plastic may put the ecosystem in jeopardy.

Follow The typical nature photograph shows a butterfly on a pretty flower. The conservation photograph shows the same thing, but with a bulldozer coming at it in the background. Further Joel Sartore