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Denmark

European standup paddle championships promotes sustainability

Hundreds of athletes from across Europe compete in spectacular surroundings off Denmark's west coast

Nature

The original mermaid: Dugongs are now ‘functionally extinct’ in China

It is the first time such a charismatic marine megafaunal species has disappeared from Chinese marine waters.

Nature

UN makes fifth attempt to finalise ‘urgent’ oceans treaty

After 10 years of negotiations, communities on the frontlines of the ocean crisis are calling for the treaty to be finalised this year.

Green News

This mysterious walking shark ‘breaks all the rules’ of survival

This walking shark can survive without oxygen for up to two hours. As the climate changes, it could adapt even further.

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Nature

Australia's Great Barrier Reef reports record coral growth

Monitoring shows that this vital marine habitat can bounce back from past bleaching events.

Ocean

Polar opposite: How climate change is altering the Arctic?

In partnership with the European Commission

The Arctic is warming faster than any other place on the planet, while its wildlife is being slowly poisoned by industrial toxins. Ocean travels to the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard to meet the scientists studying the environmental change taking place in the region.

Ocean

"The changes in the Arctic do not stay in the Arctic"

In partnership with the European Commission

Ocean speaks to Professor Kim Holmén, the man monitoring Svalbard's changing environment.

Italy

Woman in IC following rare man-of-war sting off Sicily coast

The marine creature is known as one of the most dangerous species in the Mediterranean Sea, but its stings are rarely deadly, although excruciatingly painful.

Tech News

This microplastic-eating robot fish could help clean up the ocean

Chinese scientists have made the little bot robust enough to survive being digested by other fish and heal itself when damaged.

USA

Pre-historic covid-fighting horseshoe crab at risk of extinction

The sea animal has played a key role in the fight against COVID-19. But now it's threatened with extinction.

Portugal

Five phrases that made waves at the UN Ocean Conference

Delegates at the UN's Ocean Conference are urging people to 'learn to love sharks' and 'listen to the elders' if they truly want to protect the world's waters.

Ocean Calls

Is it too late to save the ocean?

In partnership with The European Commission

In the first episode of the Ocean Calls podcast, Johan Rockström and George Monbiot debate whether it's too late to save the ocean from threats such as climate change and overfishing.

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Climate activists demonstrate for the oceans in Portugal

Ocean Rebellion activists protest to mark the opening of a long-delayed UN Oceans Summit in Lisbon.

World News

Good News: Novel kidney transplant technique and Nemo’s Highway

Find out about the huge trial that could see the working week reduced to four days, and how four Latin American countries are protecting migrating sea creatures. Another week, another five great stories to cheer up the weekend. #GoodNews

Ocean

How Europe helps tackle illegal fishing in the Western Indian Ocean

In partnership with the European Commission

The ample fish stocks of the Western Indian Ocean provide livelihoods to coastal communities. But this hard-to-control area has become a hotspot for illegal fishing that's now endangering the marine ecosystem.

Ocean

Fish, vital to Seychelles, are threatened by illegal vessels

In partnership with the European Commission

Fish provide food and livelihoods to Seychelles residents - but boats from far and wide are a growing threat

Climate

Can these plastic-gobbling inventions keep rubbish out of the ocean?

Millions of tonnes of plastic wind up in the ocean every year, killing plants and animals. That’s why companies around the world have developed novel devices to help reduce the ocean plastic problem.

Nature

Why we need to save ugly fish from extinction

The ugliest fish are the most in need of our help - here’s how our shallow beauty bias is threatening the planet.

Green News

'The sea is clean': People in Gaza finally swim on their beaches again

"We couldn't come before because the sea was polluted and if we did, our children used to come back home with viruses and skin diseases," says one Gazan local.

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Activists in Seoul mark World Oceans Day

South Korean environmental activists protest against Japan's plan to dump radioactive water from Fukushima into the sea on World Oceans Day.