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Seascape: the state of our oceans

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  • A man on a rock above a beach with a wooden board in his hand

    Avoiding pollutants
    From swimwear to toys: how to go plastic-free for a day at the beach

    Lycra, neoprene, polystyrene and other potential pollutants have become near-ubiquitous but there are alternatives – if you know where to look
  • A puffin with a beak full of sand eels.

    Wildlife
    Puffins, catsharks and sea squirts: how to spot wildlife on the British coast

    The 10,000 miles of coastline host a stunning variety of creatures, so put on a diving mask or just a pair of wellies and go on the hunt
  • Jayson Byles forages on a beach in Scotland.

    UK coastline
    ‘Otters pop up beside your kayak’: six coast fanatics reveal their favourite UK beaches

    We asked a naturalist, a writer, a champion surfer, a walker, a forager and a yoga teacher to tell us what makes the seaside so special
  • Rivers, land and seascape are being rewilded along a 100-mile stretch of coastline in Sussex Bay.

    Rewilding
    ‘Give nature space and it will come back’: rewilding returns endangered species to UK’s south coast

    Walking a 100-mile stretch of coastline reveals how a pioneering project is transforming the seascape, rivers and land
    • Jonathan Williams in front of his mobile kitchen in Angle, Pembrokeshire.

      Eating out
      Served up from the sea: 13 of the best sustainable eateries on the British coast

    • Children take part in a seawilding project in Scotland.

      Conservation
      From planting seagrass to spotting seals: how to help look after the UK’s coastline

    • Volunteers on the beach under the pier examine a pool of water searching for living creatures

      Sea life survey
      Life under the pier: ‘It never occurred to me what might be here’

    • A girl plays on the beach at Weymouth in 1998, as shot by Martin Parr.

      The Great British Seaside
      Punch and Judy, penny slots and Pontins: why the great British seaside continues to hold our imagination

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Explore

  • The Nature Conservancy (1) (7ade11a07221df8df1e36dcbeb046639934b21fd) The Nature Conservancy (1) REEF BUILDING

    From sea to plate … to sea! Hong Kong puts oyster shells to new use

    Discarded shells from restaurants and hotels are being used to restore damaged oyster ecosystems, promote biodiversity and lower pollution in the city’s bays
  • La Mer beach in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

    ‘A tough neighbourhood’: how Gulf scientists are reaching across political divides to help coral reefs

  • A young man loads a bucket of crabs off a fishing trawler

    Minnows into seadogs: inside England’s new fishing apprenticeship

  • A crab crawls across tiny white beads of polythene

    ‘We can’t carry on’: the godfather of microplastics on how to stop them

  • A black and white film publicity pic of a man in a cap holding a kipper away from him and holding his nose.

    Comeback kipper: the fall and rise of Britain’s favourite breakfast fish

  • Kristján Loftsson

    The last whale hunter in Iceland

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On our plate

  • Jonathan Williams in front of his mobile kitchen in Angle, Pembrokeshire.

    Served up from the sea: 13 of the best sustainable eateries on the British coast

  • A blue crab being held up by a man

    ‘Anything can be edible’
    How Italians are making a meal of invasive crabs

  • A man lifting a fish from the water with his hands

    Scaling up
    The app that’s transforming lives in South African fishing communities

  • An Atlantic salmon on a petri dish.

    From petri dish to plate
    Meet the company hoping to bring lab-grown fish to the table

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In pictures

  • An octopus on an underwater mountain off the coast of Chile

    Dragons, sea toads and the longest creature ever seen found on undersea peaks off South America

  • Andreas breaking ice following a freedive in Trollfjorden

    Ice dives, walrus snaps and whale encounters: the man telling extreme stories of an Arctic at risk

    Andreas B. Heide has been shortlisted for a Shackleton award for his work in the far north, getting up close to nature to connect people emotionally with a fragile ecosystem
  • Ban Khun Samut Chin, a coastal village in Samut Prakan province, Thailand, has been slowly swallowed by the sea over the past few decades. This has led to the relocation of the school and many homes, resulting in a dwindling population

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    Four kids left: The Thai school swallowed by the sea – video

    Ban Khun Samut Chin, a coastal village in Samut Prakan province, Thailand, has been slowly swallowed by the sea over the past few decades. This has led to the relocation of the school and many homes, resulting in a dwindling population
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Explainers

  • Aerial view of a diamond mining vessel with a helipad at sea

    Deep-sea mining: why is interest growing and what are the risks?

  • A house destroyed by marine erosion and rising sea levels in the town of El Bosque, Mexico.

    ‘It’s absolutely guaranteed’: the best and worst case scenarios for sea level rise

  • Crew member organises net as a purse seine fishing boat sets out looking for salmon.

    Have we reached peak fish?

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