While plastics have many benefits, plastic waste is a serious form of pollution, particularly in our oceans. Here we take a look at the history of plastics and where we are now.

It is a rare TV programme that has the instant impact of David Attenborough's Blue Planet II.

Shetland has been hit by at least two more tsunamis in the past 10,000 years than previously thought, and scientists are working to identify where the giant waves originated.

Sydney rock oysters, found only in the waters of Australia and New Zealand, are getting smaller due to coastal acidification, a new report has found.

Underwater robots have uncovered new evidence about life in the Arctic and, for the first time, revealed the moment the region's marine ecosystem springs into life after the dark winter season.

With a death toll of more than 250,000 people, the Boxing Day tsunami of 2004 was one of the most devastating disasters of recent history.

Mapping the seabed off the northeast coast of the UK to help find the best site for future offshore wind energy developments.

Silent marine robots that record sounds underwater are allowing researchers at the University of East Anglia to listen to the oceans as never before.