We take a look at how the ongoing pandemic is influencing everything from plastic pollution and fishing patterns to meat consumption and green energy.

Bioluminescent waves in California, the hidden world of undersea microbes and a new jet engine powered by electricity instead of fossil fuels.

A new study finds that plastics collect in deep sea hotspots, which are often formed by underwater avalanches.

In the next decade, climate change could result in the abrupt collapse of ocean ecosystems across the planet.

A landmark new paper outlines a pathway for the United Nations to establish a network of marine protected areas across the high seas.

A special “All Good News” edition of our weekly briefing, for a world in need of positive stories.

Coal plants are down, wind power is up and there’s a new plastic-eating bacteria – but the Great Barrier Reef is in big trouble.

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.