19 countries ratified the treaty during the conference, while other nations, such as the UK, formally committed to ratifying ...

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 ...

Marine Lake Beach Clean Let's clean up Cold Knap! This will take place across the 100m stretch that runs parallel to the marine lake. If we're blessed with good summer weather, then please do remember ...

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 ...

There are no appropriate management measures in place for Argentine shortfin squid caught in international waters. Unregulated fishing is of significant concern. This fishery is responsible for around ...

Cod stocks around Greenland were benchmarked in 2023, resulting in a number of changes to the understanding of the various stocks. Therefore, 2023 is the first year of advice based on the new approach ...

Six years after the last Summary of Progress Toward Good Environmental Status report, the state of our marine environment has not improved; in fact, it could be said to be worse. In 2018 only four of ...

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 ...

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 ...