How plastic makes its way into the ocean
The millions of tonnes of plastic that end up in the world’s oceans pose a threat to marine animals. How does it get there? The following graphic shows a selection of possible sources.
Tropical fish swim into Europe’s waters as common species head north
As climate change heats the oceans, cod, sole and plaice are heading to cooler waters -- with profound potential consequences for fish stocks and European consumers
Eel trafficking in the EU, the world’s ‘biggest wildlife crime’
Billions of euros worth of critically endangered eels are trafficked each year from Europe, ending up in China and Japan in what is "the largest wildlife crime on Earth," campaigners say.
Ocean garbage
Britain's Prince Charles said that plastic is now "on the menu" in the fish we eat and called for decisive action as he opened a conference on protecting the world's oceans.
Greenland now a major driver of rising seas: study
Ocean levels rose 50 percent faster in 2014 than in 1993, with meltwater from the Greenland ice sheet now supplying 25 percent of total sea level increase compared with just five percent 20 years earlier, researchers say.