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.

PFAS (per-and poly-fluoroalkyl substances) are a group of several thousand chemicals that are polluting our ocean. They can make products waterproof, greaseproof and heat-resistant and can be found ...

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 ...

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 ...

Our first day at the UN Ocean Conference was filled with inspiring conversations and practical ideas to support ocean recovery. We co-hosted an ocean literacy event with the Welsh and Canadian ...

Join us for a beach clean and marine litter survey for Marine Conservation Society’s Beachwatch programme! Data collected from our beach cleans is hugely important as it helps us track the common ...

Years of campaigning and data collection by COAST, supported by Seasearch training by Calum Duncan (now Head of Policy and Advocacy at the Marine Conservation Society), helped secure the Lamlash Bay ...