19 countries ratified the treaty during the conference, while other nations, such as the UK, formally committed to ratifying ...

All four governments in the UK have published the latest assessment of how our own patch of the global ocean is doing; it makes for sobering reading.

29 Jun 2025 Positive ocean news: June '25 edition It's been a great month for making progress to protect and restore our seas. We round up the top good news stories for the ocean to celebrate the wins ...

There are about 2,000 gigatonnes of carbon stored on land. In comparison, the ocean holds a massive 37,700 gigatonnes of carbon. That’s over 18 times more! Most of this carbon stays locked in the ...

Beach stretch: Pegwell Bay Date and time: 27 Jun 2025, 10 a.m. to noon Meeting point: Meet: On the beach - just below the former hoverport access road Cliffsend, near Ramsgate, Kent CT12 5HY. *Access ...

Renewable energy The ocean can also help us achieve Net Zero and give us the best chance of combatting climate change by generating renewable energy, and the UK is looking to its marine areas to ...

Cod stocks around Greenland were benchmarked in 2023, resulting in a number of changes to the understanding of the various stocks. Therefore, 2023 is the first year of advice based on the new approach ...

Although it’s hard to determine the life span of the different species of marine turtles, they do tend to live for several decades. This is partly due to the fact that species of marine turtle can ...

The Marine Conservation Society is the UK’s leading environmental marine charity by and for ocean lovers. We are the go-to voice of the sea, defending habitats & species.

The first step to protect our ocean is to ratify the High Seas Treaty as soon as possible by urgently laying it before Parliament. At the UN Ocean Conference in June, the UK Government committed to ...

Our beach clean data has shown an average drop of 80% in carrier bags found washed up on UK beaches. Following the introduction of charges on carrier bags over the last decade, data from our ...

Jellyfish are an essential part of many food chains. By feeding on smaller creatures such as fish larvae and eggs, jellyfish help to control species’ populations and maintain the balance of the ...