Key areas of the Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal and the Pacific should be designated protected areas in order to safeguard vulnerable coastal communities’ livelihoods, new research published this week reveals.

New model predicts where Eastern Pacific leatherback turtles travel to help protect endangered species

After a comprehensive review of current knowledge, a panel of scientists has published new recommendations regarding marine mammal noise exposure

• Mozambique is expected to become the world’s third largest natural gas exporter
• UN Environment, supported by the Government of Norway, launched a report to strengthen Mozambique’s environmental management in the oil and gas sector

• Three new Clean Seas signatories bring number of Latin American and Caribbean signatories to 20
• Across the world, 60 countries have now committed to the campaign
• The new countries signed up during the Fourth UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi

Pioneering subsea communications technology from Sonardyne International Ltd. has been used to stream the first live broadcast to global audiences from an underwater submersible.

Researchers at Oregon State University have recently discovered that manta rays are able to filter plankton from seawater using a system never seen before in the natural or industrial world. The findings, published in Science Advances, describe a unique mechanism which resists clogging and therefore offers a new approach for designing filtration systems on an industrial scale.