Phosphorus and nitrogen contribute to water pollution and cause harmful algal blooms. New research shows how mats of floating flower beds can take advantage of these nutrients while cleaning the water.

Your washing machine is polluting the ocean.

When ships sink, they add artificial structures to the seafloor that can quickly become diverse, ecologically important underwater communities.

‘Living materials’ made with genetically engineered bacteria and Jell-O-like gel could make pollutants in water bodies nontoxic.

Simply trying to avoid synthetic clothing won’t fix our microfibre pollution problem

The largest lake in the UK and Ireland has been blighted by toxic blue-green algae.

Developers will no longer have to offset nutrient pollution from new housing projects – the UK government say this won’t degrade water quality.

A pipeline that has carried Canadian oil and gas across Wisconsin and Michigan for 70 years has become a symbol of fossil fuel politics and a test of local regulatory power.

Seagrasses need light to remain resilient to marine heatwaves – water pollution disrupts that balance.

Humans rely on the ocean for food, jobs and other resources, but these systems are being stressed to the brink.