Shocking evidence of the pollution that pervades the world’s ocean has come to light with the discovery that more than 400m pieces of debris litter the coastline of the remote Cocos (Keeling) Islands.

New study demonstrates how citizen science programs can help provide vital information desperately needed to develop robust and effective management plans for an endangered shark species.

Divers collect more than 120 pounds of trash from the seafloor at Project AWARE®'s Adopt a Dive Site™ location Sunabe Seawall South Steps in an early Earth Day celebration. The event, sponsored by the owners and instructors at Mermaid Island Diving, drew 72 scuba and snorkeling volunteers for three hours to collect trash from the ocean environment.

As part of the #CleanSeas campaign, UN Environment’s Global Partnership on Marine Litter is launching its latest edition of the popular Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on marine litter. Registrations are now open.

Australian audiences will be able to immerse themselves in the wonders of the ocean without getting their feet wet this coming March as the Ocean Film Festival Australia makes a splash in cinemas across the country. The festival, which features a carefully curated selection of the world’s most captivating ocean-themed will light up silver screens in 29 towns and cities.

The innovative and interactive GO Diving show (Ricoh Arena, 23-24 February) is set to be a great way to kickstart the 2019 season.

After years of advocacy for legislation to effectively and strongly reduce marine litter, Seas At Risk celebrates today the adoption of two ambitious pieces of European legislation which will pave the way for a bluer and more sustainable future.

Linda Thomas Eco Design created this dress from 1000s of metres of ghost fishing line and net rescued by the Fathoms Free dive team (including Natalia the model). But what is Ghost line, and how did it find its way into this dress?

The first broad-scale assessment of ocean-based solutions to reduce climate change and its impacts shows their high potential and calls for immediate development and scale-up of the most-promising measures

Miao Wang is one of two UNEP Young Champions of the Earth for Asia and the Pacific. She is the Founder of Better Blue, and the Chief Representative of Project AWARE in Greater China. Better Blue, managed by ChinaNext Foundation, aims to integrate resources of the diving industry and support divers and diving centres to participate in marine-related programmes in 20 cities across China.