Whale song helps scientists discover what lies beneath the earth’s crust

Scientists trying to map the Pacific Ocean floor get an unexpected assist from the world’s second-largest…

Strange creatures accidentally discovered beneath Antarctica’s ice shelf

Scientists stumble across sea creatures living in -2°C water on seabed previously thought to be an…

Plastic in the fish we eat

The oceans are now a soup of trillions of barely visible pieces of plastic From surface…

British fishing industry in crisis

UK Fishing industry faces an exports black hole over red tape More than 70 per cent…

Joanna Lumley plea over disposal of WWII bombs at sea

Boris Johnson is told that exploding wartime ordnance to clear the way for windfarms harms marine…

Is blue energy about to ride a wave?

Tide and wave energy may be the missing link to Britain’s carbon-free future Orkney’s fast-flowing tidal…

The Arctic ocean was once a giant freshwater lake under half a mile of ice

The Arctic Ocean was once a pool of fresh water capped with an ice shelf half…

Marine organism mystery solved by new discovery

Though invisible to the human eye, ocean microbes support all marine life, from sardines to whales…

UN head calls for an ocean science revolution

Antonio Guterres urges the world to rise to the challenge of restoring the marine environment The…

Hidden world just below the surface

Ocean surface slicks are nurseries and highways for many species of fish A team of scientists…