Despite being known to science for over a century thanks to a few early pioneering marine mycologists, most people have never heard of marine fungi.

The ongoing conflict and terrorist violence, coupled with cyclones like Kenneth in 2019, has caused repeated evacuations and worsening living conditions.

The environmental damage and loss of wildlife are the hidden costs of conflict.

A small fleet of autonomous surface vessels forms a large sonar array for finding submerged objects.

Experts are calling for the end of human-driven mangrove loss, a doubling of the area of mangroves with effective conservation status, and the restoration of half of recently lost mangroves.

As their structures break down, the wrecks could release toxic substances into the environment.

Colliding with ships is a top cause of whale deaths. A new study maps the areas of highest risk, showing where proven strategies such as speed limits and new shipping routes can reduce the toll.

Scientists have compared data from the last ice age, around 21,000 years ago, and modern records to see what happened to plankton when the world has previously warmed.

A thin layer at the ocean surface called the “ocean skin” increases CO₂ uptake by about 7%. That’s equivalent to the CO₂ absorbed by the entire Amazon rainforest each year.