Pilot study initiated to gather more information High on the cliffs of Helgoland, a small German archipelago in the North Sea, environmental activi...

About eight million tons of plastic trash enter the world’s oceans every year. According to a new study entitled Stemming the Tide, up to 60 percen...

Head to Beaches Of Mallorca For Fun In The Sun... And Trash The plastic waste that periodically gets washed up at the beaches of Mallorca, as well...

Hello everybody and welcome to my new blog! In my last blog, I told you what is in my bag... This time, I’m going to talk to you about why you shou...

An interview with Dr. Vesna Macic, Marine Biologist Sailing on big cruisers is becoming very popular as a means of vacation and one of the most bea...

Tourists should not swim with dolphins Swimming with dolphins in the Red Sea endangers the survival of these marine mammals, warns the GRD (Gesells...

Giant dragon sculpture spits plastic garbage at ‘Our Ocean 2017’ in Malta On 5 October 2017, Greenpeace activists and other members of the #Bre...

Higher water temperatures can lead to nitrite accumulation in marine environments worldwide, and this can ultimately disrupt oceanic food webs, accord...

As a child I went to Slovenia many times. My father was a passionate fly fisherman and Slovenia in the socialist period of Yugoslavia was an abso...

New online portal LITTERBASE compiles all data in one location

Where is litter at sea and which species and habitats does it affect? For t...

Science and fascination within one's reach

Every year, during the mating season of the manta rays in Yap, scientists and interested divers from...

Sea ice may be responsible for transporting plastic waste

The Arctic has a garbage problem. In just a decade, the amount of litter at an Arcti...

How corals met algae: Tracing how their symbiotic relationship started

The symbiotic relationship between algae and modern corals began more t...

New short film is part of efforts of Science Year 2016*2017

With the “Plastik-Peter” cinema short film as part of Science Year 2016*2017 �...

Model Barbara Meier is the new project ambassador for the WWF campaign against ghost nets

Model and actress Barbara Meier is the new proje...

Microplastics can accumulate in the food chain

“In the environment, microplastics act like a foreign body with toxins. It contains conta...

Volunteers to clear trash from beaches throughout Germany

On 17 September 2016, volunteers worldwide will come together to do their part f...

Schleswig-Holstein secures funding of project for another three years

Since the middle of August 2016, fishermen have been able to dispose ...

Divers can help by reporting location of ghost nets

It was a successful start to the campaign: A big trawl net and gillnet weighing about 1.5 ...

A rising star Katarina Linczenyiova is a rising star in the world of freediving, although she is relatively unknown in Western Europe. We met this...

The Baltic Sea can breathe easy in the future. From 2019 onwards, cruise ships and passenger ferries are no longer permitted to discharge untreated ...

Plastic waste is now found in practically every part of the world, from the Antarctic coasts to the ocean depths. Faced with this dire fact of moder...

Trash in the ocean affects everyone. This is the message that some organisations intend to publicise at the upcoming BOOT in Dusseldorf, from 23 to ...