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The search for a habitable exoplanet has been a frustrating one. Although we’ve found a bunch of rocky planets orbiting at the right distance from their star, further investigation has so far mostly yielded nothing but barren poisonous rocks lashed with deadly stellar flares.   But according to new research using computer modelling to explore …

In the Caribbean, the ocean provides so much more than leisure and relaxation. It is critical for food se­cu­ri­ty, employment, poverty eradication, tourism, trade, trans­porta­tion, culture, biodiversity, en­er­gy, sus­tain­able de­vel­op­ment, cli­mate ac­tion, conservation, activism, global connectivity and security. Despite the small size of the islands that frame it, the Caribbean sea, at over 1,063,000 square miles, is one of the …