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  By Maddie Molloy BBC News Climate & Science Edited by Amal Udawatta, IMAGE SOURCE, GETTY IMAGES Image caption, A Hula Skirt Siphonophore - a 'twilight zone' inhabitant Climate change could dramatically reduce life in the deepest parts of our oceans that are reached by sunlight, scientists warn. Global warming could curtail life in the so-called twilight zone by as much as 40% by the end of the century, according to new research. The twilight zone lies between 200m (656ft) and 1,000m (3,281ft). It teems with life but was home to fewer organisms during warmer periods of Earth's history, researchers found. In research led by the University of Exeter, scientists looked at two warm periods in Earth's past, about 50 million years ago and 15 million years ago, examining records from preserved microscopic shells. They found far fewer organisms lived in the zone during these periods, because bacteria degraded food more quickly, meaning less of it reached the twilight zone

  By Georgina Rannard BBC climate and science reporter, Edited by - Amal Udawatta, IMAGE SOURCE, GETTY IMAGES Image caption, Heather and gorse are two flora species native to the UK Parts of Britain's landscape today would be unrecognisable to someone who grew up just 70 years ago, a major survey of plant life suggests. Non-native species have thrived while some native plants have been hit by modern agriculture and climate change. In a 20-year study, botanists counted more non-native than native species in the wild. Thousands of volunteers counted millions of flora to produce a Plant Atlas covering the UK and Ireland. Britain is now one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world. That decline in biodiversity is also the subject of a new BBC documentary, Wild Isles, presented by Sir David Attenborough. One in every five plant species in the UK is listed as threatened. IMAGE SOURCE, GETTY IMAGES Image caption, Harebells are native and found throughout the UK The  Plant Atlas

From BBC World News  By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent, Edited by - Amal Udawatta IMAGE SOURCE, GETTY IMAGES A new way of sucking carbon dioxide from the air and storing it in the sea has been outlined by scientists. The authors say that this novel approach captures CO2 from the atmosphere up to three times more efficiently than current methods. The warming gas can be transformed into bicarbonate of soda and stored safely and cheaply in seawater. The new method could speed up the deployment of carbon removal technology, experts say. While the world has struggled to limit and reduce emissions of carbon dioxide in recent decades, several companies have instead focussed on developing technology to remove CO2 from the atmosphere. What is carbon capture and can it fight climate change? UK costs from flood damage could rise by 20% Attenborough shows us our own 'spectacular' nature Historic ocean treaty agreed after decade of talks Climeworks in Switzerland is perhaps the best