Greenland Ice Sheet meltwater still flows in winter

Liquid meltwater can sometimes flow deep below the Greenland Ice Sheet in winter, not just in…

Basking sharks seen in Cornwall

A Cornish fisherman has spotted basking sharks for the past two days while out on his…

Supertrawlers target UK waters as the fishing industry struggles with Coronavirus

Five supertrawlers are fishing British waters despite the coronavirus lockdown, threatening a UK industry already struggling…

26 years later… recaptured tagged shark sets new record

After swimming free for over 26 years, a ragged tooth shark was recaptured with the same…

Greenpeace wins legal challenge

The Government admits that it acted unlawfully in granting BP’s permit to drill for new oil…

Litter problem along England’s protected coasts

Beaches in or near England’s Marine Protected Areas have the same levels of litter as those…

Lobster digestion of microplastics spreads down the food chain

Tiny fragments of plastic waste are dispersed throughout the oceans, but microplastics in animals that live…

Seychelles creates a marine reserve twice the size of Great Britain

The Seychelles establishes 154,000 square miles of Marine Protected Area The new MPA protects species from…

Marine life could recover by 2050 with the right policies

Despite centuries of rampant overfishing and pollution, marine life in the world’s oceans could be fully…

The Arctic Ocean may not help against global warming

Scientists believed the Arctic Ocean will be an important carbon sink in the coming years, but…