Marine science

Walk along a rocky shoreline at low tide and you’ll find them everywhere — small pockets of trapped seawater nestled among the rocks, each one hosting a surprisingly dense and […]

Every year, on beaches around the world, female sea turtles emerge from the ocean under cover of darkness to dig nests and lay eggs in the very same stretch of […]

Pick up a handful of sand from almost any beach in the world today, and there’s a real chance it contains fragments of plastic too small to easily see with […]

Every coastline is, in a sense, always in motion — sand arrives, sand leaves, and the shoreline shifts accordingly over timescales ranging from a single storm to entire centuries. What’s […]

Ask most people to name an important coastal ecosystem and you’ll hear coral reefs, mangroves, maybe salt marshes — seagrass meadows rarely make the list, despite being one of the […]

Ask someone why coral reefs matter and you’ll usually hear about tropical fish and diving tourism — genuinely important, but far from the whole story. Coral reefs perform a quieter, […]

Twice a day, in most parts of the world, a strip of coastline disappears underwater and then reappears again a few hours later. For the organisms that live there, this […]

Sand dunes often get treated as scenic backdrop to a beach photo — a soft, grassy rise separating the sand from the parking lot. In reality, dunes are actively functioning […]

To most visitors, a beach is simply sand, water, and a horizon line — a place to relax rather than a living system. In reality, a beach is one of […]

Environmental compliance has become a major operational responsibility in modern shipping. Ships must comply not only with the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships—MARPOL—but also with flag-state […]