A new link between the Moon and the oceans, “happy corals” and a round up of this year’s most important climate stories.

The amount of human-made material on Earth now outweighs the planet’s entire biomass, and marking five years since the Paris Climate Agreement.

A huge new agreement by 14 countries aims to tackle overfishing and pollution, but comes amid reported failings to create meaningful ‘protected’ marine sanctuaries.

A new global treaty on plastic pollution starts taking shape, blue whales return to South Georgia and the affect of climate anxiety on young people.

How mangroves trap microplastic, a massive new Marine Protected Area and if you spot illegal fishing in Ghana there’s now an app for that.

The US is responsible for way more of the plastic polluting the world’s oceans than previously thought, a new study has shown.

Large methane deposits are opening across the Arctic, a 1600-foot coral reef structure was discovered in the Great Barrier Reef.

Samoa pledges to protect 30% of its ocean, new oil spills menace three regions, and shocking news for parents.

Facing an ice-free Arctic, the shocking scale of microfiber pollution, a huge loss for Great Barrier Reef corals, and what to do with water from Fukushima?

New research suggests there could be more than 14 million tons of microplastic on the ocean floor, and the latest on Russia’s mysterious toxic spill.

Even as the Pantanal wetlands burn, the Brazilian government is working to strip away protections for mangroves and coastal forests.

Ocean heat blobs could be here to stay, a new system to keep whales safe and fresh hopes for coral in the Marmara Sea.

The world fails big time on biodiversity targets, five cyclones churn in the Atlantic and the UK embarks on Europe’s largest coastal habitat restoration project.

The oceans absorb more carbon than previously thought, another tanker disaster and scientists narrow down the true size of megalodon sharks.

In the aftermath of Hurricane Laura, even facilities that weren’t damaged are creating massive levels of pollution.

A surge in drift net use, a new estimate for microplastic in the Atlantic, and California records the highest temperature on Earth.

Vast ice sheets are melting, sharks might be ingesting microplastic, Mauritius races to contain an oil spill – and is it time to start taxing single-use plastic?

Scientists are beginning to unravel the mystery of why blue whales grew so big, and urgent efforts are underway in Mauritius to avert an oil spill catastrophe.

Sharks are ‘functionally extinct’ in many coral reef ecosystems – plus new findings on how marine life breaks apart plastic.

Estimates for the amount of plastic pollution entering the oceans have been revised up to 11 million tons, and that number is expected to triple by 2040.