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In this episode, Oceanographic's editor Eva Cahill dives headfirst into a shocking new joint report from Oceana and the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) that exposes the brutal, hidden reality of Europe's bycatch crisis.

Think the North Sea is just cold water and shipping lanes? Think again. Host Eva Cahill sits down with renowned underwater cinematographer Peter van Rodijnen to reveal the unseen, wild heart of the North Sea. In this episode: Behind-the-scenes stories from Peter's landmark film, North Sea, Nature Untamed. What it really takes to capture wildlife footage in harsh, low-visibility waters. The surprising marine biodiversity thriving right off European shores.

Editor of Oceanographic Magazine, Rob Hutchins dives into a new UNEP report that finds the world will likely breach 1.5°C within years, but a rapid "overshoot, peak, and decline" pathway - steep emissions cuts plus governed carbon removal - could still bring temperatures back down.

In this Roundtable special, Eva Cahill dives into the news that water companies dumped sewage into England's bathing waters for over 2,000 hours in the summer of 2026, campaigners say, with 636 reported sickness cases - prompting a 330,000-signature petition demanding a Clean Water Bill.

In this Roundtable episode, Eva Cahill dives into ISA Council negotiations have concluded with the deep-sea mining regulatory framework still incomplete and scientific gaps unresolved, as conservation groups call on 43 governments already supporting a moratorium to push for formal action at the ISA Assembly.

In this episode of the Oceanographic Podcast In Conversation With... Community Editor, Rob Hutchins sits with the Politician Whisperer himself, Blue Marine Foundation's Marine Protected Area specialist, Max Bello to explore a childhood under a dictatorship and the closeness his family had with nature.

In this Roundtable episode, Rob Hutchins dives deep into the latest news story aboard the RRS Sir David Attenborough. Scientists have departed for Greenland to measure how melting glaciers are threatening Atlantic ocean circulation, with potential consequences for the climate of the UK and Europe.

In this Roundtable episode, Eva Cahill dissects the newest heatwave to hit the UK and how it's increased water temperatures could cause mass fish die-offs, jellyfish and algal blooms and lead to an influx of invasive species.

In this episode Rob Hutchins, dives into Oceana UK's new report which notes that none of the UK's cetacean marine protected areas fully ban bottom trawling, with one porpoise sanctuary enduring over 30,000 hours of the destructive practice in 2025 alone.

The River Wye rises in the Cambrian Mountains of mid-Wales and winds two hundred and fifty kilometres south to the Severn Estuary. Writers, painters and poets have been inspired by its beauty for centuries. This storied waterway is held in the hearts of the communities that live along its banks. Recently, it found another way to make its way into our history books. The Wye has become the first cross-border river in the UK to be granted its own charter of rights, which outline the river's right to flow, to maintain biodiversity, to be free from pollution, to be supported by a healthy catchment and to have a formal seat in decision-making processes.

In this episode, Eva Cahill dives into the report titled “Whose Boat Is This” , which found that current regulations risk enabling vessel owners to operate through complex corporate structures and hide behind shell companies.

In this Oceanographic Roundtable special, Eva Cahill dives deep into the Our Ocean conference.

In this special interview, Eva Cahil sits down with Oceanographic Magazine's newest Storyteller in Residence, Francesca Page to talk about her passion for storytelling, art, and what it really takes to dedicate your life to the sea.

A new charter formally recognises the entire catchment of the River Wye as a living ecosystem with intrinsic rights, making it the first river in the UK to receive cross-border protection of this kind.

In this episode, we dive deep into the waters of the Solent, where researchers have traced the toxic build-up back to treated sewage. Environmental NGOs are demanding stricter government regulation, but what is the damage and who is responsible?