99 percent of global data transfer runs via undersea cables. Here's how these same cables could also warn us about environmental disasters.
Successful marine protection needs a strong scientific basis of sound data. A floating measuring station in the Baltic Sea aims to provide this.
The new low-noise prototype can pick up plastic without disturbing its natural surroundings.
The last version of the Ocean Cleanup's concept failed out at sea, but now a new version is cleaning up the waves.
Virtual reality (VR) is a blossoming technology that offers untold possibilities. Now, a German social enterprise wants to allow people to virtually explore beneath the waves – and experience life as a dolphin.
A German research group is using drones in Cambodia to locate and identify plastic waste floating in waterways - helping optimise local efforts to tackle the issue of plastic pollution.
A new app from the WWF lets individuals join a digital team cleaning up “ghost nets” - discarded fishing nets polluting our seas and oceans.
Boyan Slat and The Ocean Cleanup have made headlines with their ambitious plastic cleanup projects. Their latest idea, the "Interceptor" aims to clean up waste before it ever makes it into the sea.
Not only can drones fly, some can also swim. One drone, the WasteShark, which is currently on the move in the ports of Rotterdam and Dubai, even collects garbage.