Ocean Photographer of the Year 2025 lands in the UK

For first time in its history, the Ocean Photographer of the Year exhibition has come to a venue in the UK. In this Friday special episode of the Ocean News Podcast, Community Editor chats with exhibition curator, Nick Ball, and the ocean photographers and 2025 finalists, Kaushik Subramaniam and Jenny Stock.

NEW Pollution Study Raises Human Health Concerns

For decades, the "plastic crisis" was defined by what we could see: ghost nets, stranded whales, and islands of floating debris. But a groundbreaking global study, published this month in Nature Geoscience, has shifted the lens to the invisible.
In this special episode, we dive into a massive meta-analysis of over 2,300 seawater samples that reveals a startling reality: there is virtually no corner of our ocean untouched by human chemical fingerprints. From synthetic fragrances and UV filters to "forever chemicals" (PFAS) and pharmaceuticals, the ocean has become a global repository for our industrial output.
This episode is a recording of an Oceanographic Roundtable online panel event.

“Every key climate indicator is FLASHING RED” – The UN’s startling climate report

The Earth’s climate is more out of balance than at any time in observed history. That is the stark conclusion of the World Meteorological Organisation’s State of the Global Climate report for 2025 – a document that confirms the unprecedented speed and scale of planetary change now underway with consequences that will outlast every living generation.

⁠Access the full report here.

A pathway for the future: Cutting the Ropes to Save the whales

Climate change has been driving whales closer to shore and into the lines of California's crab fishermen. Now, a technology born from top secret Navy operations offers a fruitful solution for both

In this episode of the Ocean News Podcast, editorial assistant Eva Cahill sits down with Dr Geoff Shester, Oceana’s Senior Scientist and Fishery Innovation Director, to discuss this technology.

We can UNLOCK Green Energy Sector WITHOUT Deep-Sea Mining

Deep-sea or critical ecosystems on land do not need to be sacrificed to limit global warming to 1.5°C, according to a new report from Institute for Sustainable Futures (UTS), in collaboration with Greenpeace International.

MYSTERY Marine Die-off Triggers Health CRISIS…But What Can WE Do?

Coastal communities in New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, have been facing a growing environmental and public-health crisis since December 2025. Thousands of fish and other marine organisms have washed ashore dead, while hundreds of residents – many of them children – have fallen ill. Four months later, authorities have yet to identify the cause.

⁠A GoFundMe campaign has been launched to support relief efforts.

CHILE protects ONE MILLION square kilometres of its OCEAN

Once fully implemented, the designation will bring the total fully protected area in the region to 946,571km², making it the third largest fully protected marine area in the world, behind the Ross Sea and the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.

Bad Faith in the Abyss: Deep-Sea Mining and the Case Against The Metals Company

In this episode, Eva Cahill examines a formal dossier of evidence submitted by Greenpeace International to the International Seabed Authority (ISA).
The evidence alleges that The Metals Company (TMC) has been operating in bad faith, utilising exploration data gathered under international licenses to bypass global frameworks for a unilateral U.S. mining permit.

Will New Zealand move to PROTECT this VULNERABLE marine ecosystem and its ANCIENT CORALS?

Scientists have discovered ANCIENT CORALS and fragile deep-sea life on a previously unexplored seamount on Lord Howe Rise, confirming it as a Vulnerable Marine Ecosystem and strengthening calls for a permanent bottom trawling ban.