Convex Seascape Survey

Continental shelf seas revealed as powerful carbon sinks, but cutting global emissions remains critical to safeguard sea life

Continental shelf seas - the shallow waters surrounding our coasts that provide most of the world’s seafood - are absorbing...

Study tracks UK’s journey from seafood self-sufficiency to dependence on imports

More than a century of data reveals how the UK has gone from supplying domestic seafood needs from productive home...

Oyster reefs once thrived along Europe’s coasts – now they’re gone

Oysters once formed extensive reefs along much of Europe's coastline – but these complex ecosystems were destroyed over a century...

“Unjustifiable environmental risk” leads to calls for worldwide moratorium on deep seabed mining  

Scientists have called for a blanket worldwide moratorium on deep seabed mining – insisting the controversial emerging industry currently poses...

Level of microplastic in seabed creatures depends on location and how they feed

The “burden” of plastic within animal species recovered from the seafloor has given scientists a new insight into the environmental...