Ocean heat blobs could be here to stay, a new system to keep whales safe and fresh hopes for coral in the Marmara Sea.

The world fails big time on biodiversity targets, five cyclones churn in the Atlantic and the UK embarks on Europe’s largest coastal habitat restoration project.

The oceans absorb more carbon than previously thought, another tanker disaster and scientists narrow down the true size of megalodon sharks.

In the aftermath of Hurricane Laura, even facilities that weren’t damaged are creating massive levels of pollution.

A surge in drift net use, a new estimate for microplastic in the Atlantic, and California records the highest temperature on Earth.

Vast ice sheets are melting, sharks might be ingesting microplastic, Mauritius races to contain an oil spill – and is it time to start taxing single-use plastic?

Scientists are beginning to unravel the mystery of why blue whales grew so big, and urgent efforts are underway in Mauritius to avert an oil spill catastrophe.

Sharks are ‘functionally extinct’ in many coral reef ecosystems – plus new findings on how marine life breaks apart plastic.

Estimates for the amount of plastic pollution entering the oceans have been revised up to 11 million tons, and that number is expected to triple by 2040.

The North Atlantic right whale is now listed as critically endangered, methane emissions are rising and scientists discover ‘Vantablack’ fish.

Fish are under threat as the world faces a critical climate threshold. How spreading crushed rocks on fields could help, plus a new microplastic study in eastern Canada.

Microplastics are discovered in fruit and vegetables, dolphins learn a new trick and have scientists solved the problem of sargassum seaweed blooms?

Studying the sound of narwhals, the fastest eyes in the ocean, a new way of saving whales and does Pluto have a subsurface ocean filled with life?

How sea otters benefit coastal ecosystems, how a new liquid-air battery could help reduce emissions, and how to tackle the largest ever oil spill in the Arctic.

Plastic rain, dead zones, marine protections and Dr. Kathy Sullivan – the first person to walk in space and dive to the deepest part of the ocean.

The slow but steady recovery of sea turtles, how global heating is changing the deep oceans and is this the most dangerous job on the oceans?

Why is Maine going from lobster fishing to kelp farming? Is Antarctica really turning green? And how much are whales worth? We have answers.