They may be small and often overlooked, but seagrasses play a role in keeping our oceans healthy. Seagrass meadows create vital habitats for marine life, capture and store carbon, and help stabilise coastlines. Yet, seagrass meadows are disappearing at an alarming rate due to coastal development, pollution, and climate change. Italy hopes to reverse that trend with the ambitious Marine Ecosystem Restoration Project.

For Early Career Ocean Professionals, training opportunities are crucial for career development. Peter Keen, Director of Keen Marine Ltd, and Luis Menezes Pinheiro, Professor of Marine Geophysics at the University of Aveiro, discuss how the All-Atlantic Floating University Network (@SeaNetwork) is supporting training at sea throughout the Atlantic Ocean.

The IMarEST Marine Mammals Special Interest Group (MMSIG) and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) have created a new partnership that will help guide innovation in marine mammal monitoring

Ok, a confession. As far as I know, there are no awards for jellyfish, but if there were, these fabulous six would certainly meet the grade

Artificial nests can boost the breeding success of endangered African penguins, but different designs are more effective at different colonies

What’s geodiversity you ask? It’s short for geological diversity - the diversity of the natural parts of our planet that aren’t alive. The rocks, soils, sediments, landforms, and hydrological features, for example, and the processes that create and change these and other non-living features. Geodiversity isn’t just the stuff we see on the land. It’s underwater too. Let’s take a peek at just five spectacular undersea features that make up some of our World’s geodiversity.