Bright news for solar power in the United States, how Covid-19 is altering emissions and air pollution – and an update on how many species plastic affects.

How mangroves protect people, Europe announces plans to halve waste by 2030 and why sea turtles and other marine wildlife might be eating plastic.

Climate change could threaten beaches and ocean gyres, scientists name a new species after plastic and how nutrients affect coral reefs.

Scientists make surprising new discoveries about whales and oceanographers dispute a controversial method to fight climate change.

Many so called “recyclable” products are not recycled but instead ending up in landfills, oceans, and the wider environment.

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill was worse than we thought, but global fish stocks might be healthier than previously believed.

A new study shows that the ocean’s currents are speeding up – plus how sea urchin sushi could help save the oceans.

Bad: Plastics plants are set to be the next big carbon superpolluters. Good: Scientists have developed a way to turn plastic waste into graphene.

How seaweed could help keep reefs intact, an evolutionary mystery solved, the Australian fires are impacting rivers, and China’s plan to reduce plastic waste.

Scientists estimate the oceans are warming at a rate equivalent to five atomic bombs worth of heat, every second, day and night, 365 days a year.

Scientists put 3D glasses on cuttlefish, Swedes stop flying, researchers turn to outer space to study whales and how a 1987 treaty is slowing climate change.

The risks of mining the deep sea, how mealworms could combat plastic, the power of seagrass and a sea star that sees without eyes.

Good news for corals and the Aral Sea, the rise of Lionfish, how undersea cables could help whales and the beach stranding everyone is talking about.

Grandmother killer whales share their catch, how sponges support coral reefs – and how carbon capture technology could help mitigate climate change.

Two studies highlight the role oceans can play in combating climate change, plus new hope for the endangered vaquita porpoise?

Manta rays, microplastics, a massive new marine protected area and a potential solar breakthrough: your weekly ocean briefing.

A new law could protect 21 coral hotspots in the Gulf of Mexico, while new research shows that larval fish ingest microplastics, often just days after they are born.

Italy is making climate change a part of their national curriculum and how Instagram is helping scientists track seahorses.