Shipping pallets may not be the most exciting of topics, but when it comes to tackling climate change they have a role to play too! Discover how NGO Change The Pallet are hoping to reduce carbon emissions from shipping and transportation of goods with a rather simple solution…

In this weeks Sea Short, we meet the Winter Flounder - a flatfish that lives in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of North America.

When stressors pile up in the ocean, their cumulative impact can be much worse for marine life. Just ask Australia's shy albatross.

We know climate change is altering coral reef ecosystems, but how will these changes impact the human communities that depend on them for their livelihood?  

Nathan Bennett has been actively researching the links between the environment and human societies for many years.

Photophores – light emitting cells on the body of fish - reveal life in the sea

We know that climate change is altering coral reef ecosystems, but how will these changes impact on communities that depend on them for their livelihood?

Some species may be able to adapt to the changing ‘ocean climate’, but when changes happen rapidly enough that evolutionary processes aren’t keeping up, that’s when the real problems start to seep in.

If your a Pacific Islander, climate change is likely to be a huge problem.  It all comes down to reliance on local resources, and in many cases these resources come from local marine waters.