WWF, the University of Strathclyde and the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have teamed up to work on a pioneering project to monitor krill from space.

 Covering an area three times the size of Sweden  - Seabed 2030, has just completed their most challenging accomplishment yet...mapping the Arctic Ocean.

News Editor, Rob Hutchins, explores accounts from Indonesian and Filipino crew members working aboard a fleet of 12 Chinese tuna fishing vessels who have alleged cases of physical abuse and forced labour among North Korean crew, with some trapped at sea for as long as a decade.

 

 

News Editor, Rob Hutchins deep dives into the world of Whale sharks!    Although they might be the largest fish on the planet, they are also the most elusive with little known about their reproductive strategies, including where they go to give birth. A new study, however, may have just revealed a vital clue.    

Green and loggerhead sea turtles have been responding to the warming ocean and planetary temperatures by advancing their nesting and hatching process by nearly one day a year for the last 30 years, an adaptation that will prove vital to their survival.

 

Join Oceanographic Magazine's News lead, Rob Hutchings and Social Media Manager, Ben Hartley, as they plunge into the depths of this week's most significant ocean-related stories. From groundbreaking scientific discoveries to urgent environmental concerns, Hutchings provides in-depth analysis and expert commentary on the issues that matter most to our blue planet.

News Editor, Rob Hutchins uncovers the scale of toxic pollution caused by the oil and gas industry in UK seas.

 

 

Join Oceanographic Magazine's News lead, Rob Hutchings, as he plunges into the depths of this week's most significant ocean-related stories. From groundbreaking scientific discoveries to urgent environmental concerns, Hutchings provides in-depth analysis and expert commentary on the issues that matter most to our blue planet.

The non-profit research group OCEARCH managed to tag the largest ever recorded great white shark in the Atlantic off the Florida-Georgia coast in mid-January. The researchers now hope that the data provided by the tag will help advance our knowledge of the species.

In partnership with the Manatee Rescue and Rehabilitation Program and the US Fish and Wildlife Service, Walt Disney World Florida is to move from long-term manatee rehabilitation to short-term critical care in a move that will ease pressures on local facilities.

Following a ten-year project exploring Costa Rica's methane seeps, researchers have compiled a collection of specimens, photographs, and DNA sequences enabling them to identify 488 distinct species - the highest biodiversity count ever recorded in a single seep or vent region.

 

Scientists conducting routine studies at Union Glacier and Schanz Glacier as well as the South Pole have now confirmed that microplastics down to the size of 11 micrometres - about the size of a red blood cell - have been found in the snow of Antarctica.

 

 

News Editor Rob Hutchins, is back and exploring the return of the Galapagos crake.

Found along the coasts and mangroves as well as the highlands of the Galapagos Islands, the Galapagos crake (also known as the rail) has spent nearly 200 years undetected on the island of Floreana, leading many to believe it was locally extinct... until now.

 

 

In a bid to restore and safeguard the ecological heart of the North Sea - the Dogger Bank - an international coalition will launch an exciting rewilding programme in 2025.

 

 

News Editor, Rob Hutchins, dives into brand new international research that concludes there were nearly 3.5 times the number of marine heatwave days in the summers of both 2023 and 2024 compared to any other year on record, bringing with them billions of dollars in economic damage.

 

 

News Editor, Rob Hutchins, explores the infamous the trillion tonne iceberg, A23a, thought to be on a collision course with the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia where fears had surfaced that its arrival would impact local population of macaroni penguins and seals and their ability to source food.

 

 

In a ‘major step forward in the UK’s environmental movement’, the River Ouse - the spine of an extensive network of smaller streams fanning the Sussex county - joins an international cohort of rivers now recognised as ‘living entities’ with ‘intrinsic rights to exist’.