With Lego still being found on beaches in Cornwall after a container was lost overboard in 1997, environmentalists are concerned about the impact of plastic on...
As concern grows about the health of the world’s oceans, threatened by rising temperatures, acidification and overfishing, a new report has claimed there is at least...
Plastic pollutants afflict all of the world’s oceans, but a new study has found that the quantity of floating waste around the world is lower than...
The musician Pharrell Williams has created a new environmentally-friendly clothing line, in collaboration with G-Star RAW and the Vortex Project. The ‘RAW for the Oceans’ collection...
The marine species of the Mediterranean Sea, as well as the livelihoods and lifestyles of millions of people that depend on them, are being threatened by...
US secretary of state John Kerry has called for international cooperation to protect oceans that are “under siege” from overfishing, pollution and acidification. On Monday, the...
The acidification of the world’s oceans, occurring today because of manmade carbon emissions, is happening 10 times faster than it did 56 million years ago, when...
A freight ship carrying 60,000 litres of oil has become stranded off the coast of the Galapagos Islands after running aground. Authorities have said that “for the moment”,...
Plans to create areas of marine protection in Scottish waters have received almost unanimous public support, in a boost for the future of the country’s marine...
As a warming climate opens up new waters to shipping and fossil fuel exploitation, researchers have warned that the US is completely unprepared to deal with...
Japan is to launch a reduced whale hunt next week after an International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling prohibited the country from whaling off Antarctica. Japanese...
Manmade pollutants are causing male fish to develop female features in estuaries along the Basque coast in northern Spain, a new study has found. Previous studies...
Investors worried about the impacts of coal and natural gas projects on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef could consider divesting from the companies involved, a senior BlackRock...
As human activities make the oceans more acidic many marine species are increasingly being put at risk, including populations of fish that people around the world...
The UK government needs to get with the programme over the protection of the Arctic, campaigners have said. This follows the European parliament’s vote in favour...