Scientists have officially identified a tiny blue octopus as a new species after more than ten years of study. The creature, which is small enough to fit in a person's hand, was first seen deep under the Pacific Ocean near the Galápagos Islands.
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Tuvalu is a tiny island nation in the Pacific Ocean. It's also one of the countries most threatened by climate change. Now Australia and Tuvalu have made a deal that gives the people of Tuvalu a place to go if their islands become unsafe because of rising seas.
On Saturday, after 10 years of difficult talks, nearly 200 countries agreed to a new United Nations treaty to protect the world's oceans. The treaty is the first of its kind in 40 years.