Up to 100 turtles and 20 dolphins have washed up dead on the beaches of Sri Lanka in the past month, as experts fear a link to the leak...

A socioeconomic analysis commissioned by Seas At Risk and carried out by New Economics Foundation has revealed that a ban on...

A paper published by Seas At Risk warns about the disastrous environmental consequences of a new mining boom while showing how it can be...

According to a recent UN committee, the endangered Great Barrier Reef has deteriorated to such an extent that it should be listed as a...

Carbon credits, a method of reducing carbon dioxide emissions through corporation donations and trades, are beginning to create markets...

Last year, news of a fleet of about 300 Chinese fishing vessels swarming around the Galápagos Islands, possibly to fish illegally,...

Coral reefs are facing events of severe bleaching and physical destruction due to human coastal development, as well as the effects of...

Seagrass, one of the most diverse and valuable marine ecosystems on the planet, plays a crucial role in combating climate change,...

Large-scale deep-sea mining operations will soon be undertaken on the international seabed. The International Seabed Authority (ISA) has...

A cargo ship has started to sink off the coast of Sri Lanka this week, heightening fears that it will spill oil and other chemicals that...

The ocean is at the front line of mitigating the climate crisis. Making up over 70% of the Earth’s surface, the ocean plays a crucial...

While coral reefs throughout the Indo-Pacific region have been bleaching in response to rising sea temperatures, the reefs around Marovo...

The government of Australia has moved to create two new marine protected areas that cover an expanse of ocean twice the size of the Great...

Scientists exploring the drivers of climate change in Antarctica have discovered a new and more efficient pathway for the creation of...

The number of marine species natural tapers off as you head towards the poles. Ecologists have assumed that this global pattern has...

Japan has announced that it will release over a million tons of radioactive water from the Fukushima Daiichi site into the ocean. The...

Like many others, we watched Seaspiracy shocked at the extent to which human beings have plundered the oceans of marine life. For many...

According to a new study, ocean trawling generates a similar amount of carbon emissions to the global aviation industry, driven by...

As with many other aspects of government policy, overfishing and other fishing-related environmental issues are a real problem, but it’s...

On March 12, sea ice floating atop the Arctic Ocean reached its greatest extent for the year, covering 14.750 million square kilometres...