One of the main problems with valuing ecosystem services lies in how they are valued, because there is no one set procedure for doing so. What you can end up with is a value that only reflects what you chose to place a value on.

Off the coast of Tuscany, loggerhead sea turtles are eating plastic

Hawai'i's marine life is not just encourtering plastic - it's eating it too.

Simply attaching UV LED lights to the gillnet floatlines can help prevent green sea turtles being accidentally caught in fishing operations.

If your a Pacific Islander, climate change is likely to be a huge problem.  It all comes down to reliance on local resources, and in many cases these resources come from local marine waters.

Cotroversy surrounds a science paper that says many Northeast Atlantic fisheries are sustainable.

Carbon dioxide and nutrient input interact with each other to impact algal turf growth

Marine microbes are eating some of the plastic that ends up in the ocean

Japan's research, Australia claims is "a heap of body parts taken from a large number of dead whales"