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Climate change /
North America
The deep ocean is changing our climate far faster than we realised
A new study finds that tiny deep-ocean turbulence drives sea level rise, fisheries collapse and carbon absorption within a human lifetime - but current climate models fail to capture its speed or scale. Read More
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Marine Protected Areas /
UK
Roundtable catchup: “Our habitats need the chance to recover”
A new report finds no UK cetacean MPA fully bans bottom trawling, despite most assessments flagging it as a threat - with experts calling for stronger enforcement and independent verification of protections. Read More
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Indian Ocean /
Ocean Plastics
Microplastics documented for first time in deep-sea ecosystems
A new study finds over 90% of deep-sea molluscs to be contaminated with microplastics, and that levels were nearly 15 times higher in the Indian Ocean Read More
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Endangered species /
North America
Sunflower sea stars to see day in court over failed protections
The Center for Biological Diversity is suing the Trump administration for missing a legal deadline to protect critically endangered sunflower sea stars, decimated by disease and warming oceans, under the Endangered Species Act. Read More
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Marine Life /
UK
Scientists solve mystery of how seals hear in air and underwater
The discovery has been made by scientists at the Natural History Museum in London, using micro-CT scans of more than 200 living and fossil seal specimens from the museum's collection.  Read More
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Climate change /
Greenland
What does a melting Greenland mean for our climate?
Scientists aboard the RRS Sir David Attenborough have departed for Greenland to measure how melting glaciers are threatening Atlantic ocean circulation, with potential consequences for the climate of the UK and Europe. Read More
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Fishing /
Ireland
One-third of wild Irish Atlantic salmon carry farmed fish genetics
Scientists say the mixing of genes could ‘seriously hamper’ Atlantic salmon’s capacity to evolve in response to challenges like global warming. Read More
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Climate change /
North Pacific
Pacific Ocean meltwater poses unexpected threat to AMOC, study says
Scientists used to supercomputers to simulate Earth 19,000 years ago, and found the AMOC could weaken in ways they had not anticipated Read More
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Fishing /
Indian Ocean
Fishing in Chagos Archipelago 25 times higher than records show
Researchers have found that fishing in the Chagos Archipelago is 25 times higher than official figures show, as a UK-Mauritius sovereignty deal threatens to reopen one of the world's most significant marine protected areas. Read More
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