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fish plastic pollution

Microplastics found in 75% of fish we eat

Most fish for human consumption contain microplastics, according to new study. Scientists from New Zealand and...

Shipping line adjusts course to protect blue whales

World’s largest container carrier MSC re-routes to keep away from endangered blue whales off the coast of Sri Lanka
diving talks

Diving talks returns for 2022

After a successful inaugural show in 2021, Diving talks returns to Portugal &...
Dugong - Fabrice Dudenhofer / Ocean Image Bank

Too late for the Chinese Dugongs

Dugongs have been documented in China for hundreds of years, but now scientists have concluded that they are functionally extinct there.
Heliocidaris juvenile under microscope. The ability of urchin parents to pass on benefits to their offspring after exposure to heatwaves is key to helping prepare and protect the next generation.

Sea urchins’ secret to surviving marine heatwaves

Image: Dr Maria Byrne, CC by 4.0 Sea urchins can pass heatwave resistance on to the next generation,...
Shark Trust

Divers: Join the Great Shark Snapshot

Take part in the Shark Trust's community science project and to help gather vital information about global shark distribution. During the last...
Blue shark (Prionace glauca) by Mark Conlin

Sharks International 22 now Online as well as in person

This Autumn the Shark Trust are hosting Sharks International 2022. In other years you would have had to attend this scientific symposium...
Sea fan and coral in Japan

Reef-World Foundation launches Green Fins in Japan

Japan is now the 14th country to implement the Green Fins initiative – a UN Environment Programme. Onna Village in Okinawa is...
aqualung recall

Aqualung recall dive computer

Aqualung Group is recalling its i330R dive computers that were produced and distributed in 2021 and 2022. The computers do not automatically...
lobster

Will new technology improve lobster survival rates by 1000?

Only one of 20000 eggs carried by a lobster mother survives to adulthood in the wild