“Protecting the ocean isn’t just about drawing lines on a map – it’s about keeping ecosystems functioning so that they can provide food, livelihoods, climate resilience and economic stability,” says Dr Chris Ward-Paige, founder of eOceans, in an interview.

More and more marine litter is floating in our oceans. The Ocean Cleanup project aims to tackle the problem - but how effective is it really?

New research shows how satellites can be used to detect marine litter from space and create a map of the waste in our oceans.

Ghana's initiative to monitor and report marine plastic pollution using data generated by the public represents a milestone in citizen science.

Successful marine protection needs a strong scientific basis of sound data. A floating measuring station in the Baltic Sea aims to provide this.

Pollution is a severe threat to our coastal ecosystems. Now researchers believe that strategically planting seaweed in the Gulf of Mexico could protect marine life and prevent ocean “dead zones”.

Plastic waste has by now made its way into almost every area of the ocean. The WWF has compiled a new interactive world map that turns the spotlight on this marine plastic pollution - one of the largest environmental problems in the world.

Right now, millions of tons of plastic end up in our planet's natural ecosystems every year - and stay there for centuries. According to the results of a new study, we could successfully stem the plastic tide using already existing technologies - but we need to start right now.

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.