A spilt shot on Dorset’s Jurassic Coast contrast screne cliffs above with invasive Japanese wireweed below.

A macro shot of a Nembrotha lineolata gill taken in the Visayas region, Philippines.

A pelagic thresher shark swimming at 15 meters at the Kimud Shoal, Malapascua, Philippines

Scientists examine a sediment sample illuminated by blue light, representing the release of blue carbon at Exeter University.

Aerial shot of the iconic Seventy Island in Palau.

A common stingray glides over the lush seagrass meadows looking for its next meal in Bimini, Bahamas.

A reef manta ray feeding on the outer reef off Coral Bay, Ninagloo Reef, Western Australia.

At the National Lobster Hatchery in Padstow, Cornwall, baby lobsters are transferred in the Aquahive system before being released into the ocean.

At Exeter University, the Convex Seascape Survey documents scientists processing mud samples to assess blue carbon, captured in one image using multiple flash exposures.

A critically endangered smoothnose wedgefish caught as bycatch in fishing gear off the coast of Aceh, Northern Sumatra. As the ray was still alive, it was tagged and released shortly afterwards.

A harrowing image of an adult bull shark being de-skinned and processed for shipment to Medan’s legal fishing market.

Dr Ben Harris operates an ROV, guiding it 30 meters down to the seafloor off Jersey.