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Ocean warming could be 69 percent greater than has previously been believed.  95 percent of the extra heat trapped on Earth by greenhouse gases is held in the world's oceans. For that reason, monitoring...
From now to 30 November 2020 you can submit your images to the prestigious Ocean Art competition. Prizes worth $40,000 are on offer to amateur and professional photographers.
Fighting the ever growing problem of ocean trash through beach cleanups and underwater gill net removals, saving thousands of marine lives that would have otherwise perished is being hampered by COVID-19 - can you help?
In April the Underwater Photography Guide launched the Ocean Art Safe Under the Sea underwater photo competition to help raise money to fight coronavirus. Yannick Bruynoghe"Welcome to Tubbataha"
Not all humans are morning people. Neither, according to a new study, are all sperm whales - at least when it comes to foraging for food. The research, led by the University of East...
Underwater robots are regularly used by the oil and gas industry to inspect and maintain offshore structures. The same machines could be adapted to gather environmental information, providing substantial benefits to science and to resource companies in the long-term.
Main photo credit: Alexander Vasenin, CC by SA 4.0 There was a vital conservation win for a critically endangered species of shark this week at the 13th Conference of the Parties (CoP) of...
People eat a lot of fish. Different sex-changing fish can follow several signals that prompt them to change sex. Some change from female to male at a fixed size or age. Often, fisheries will only harvest fish over a certain size. This means catching more males because they are usually bigger, which then skews the population towards female. Not enough males are then available to fertilise all the eggs produced by the females.
Congratulations to all winners of the Ocean Art Underwater Photo Competition 2019 - stunning underwater photos from around the world. Over $85,000 in prizes have been awarded to 85 professional and amateur photographers in categories from Coldwater to Blackwater.
Rated one of the best diving areas in the world, Sipadan will be closed this year during November - a change from the previously flagged December closure. In August 1919 the Sabah Parks authority announced that Sipadan would be closed...