Underwater Ecosystems and Conservation

Underwater images showcasing marine life and habitats, emphasizing the importance of conservation and the effects of climate change on aquatic environments.

Coral reef damage caused by dynamite fishing, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia

Resurgence of the water table on the bottom of the Ain

Creator: Stolz, Gary M. Subjects: Caribbean;Marine resources conservation;Natural areas;Virgin Islands;Water;ocean;underwater. . 1998 - 2011.

Small-scale bullseye School Bremer Bay Australia

Global Warming

Plastic waste and pollution on the seabed. Environmental destruction

Discarded kitchen plastic storage net shopping hang down of coral reef. Plastic pollution of the ocean. Plastic mesh bag hanging on a beautiful coral reef. Red sea, Egypt, Africa

Submarine emissary. Submarine outfall. Despite the visual impact that it entails and the fact that the negative effects on the environmental impact can always be reduced, in this image it is a treated water discharge. Tenerife, Canary Islands.

Coral reef damage caused by dynamite fishing, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia

Pollution. Various types of drifting waste such as plastic bottles, bags, nets, ropes, etc. accumulated in aggregations of decomposing sargassum. The genus Sargassum is characterized by having gas vesicles known as aerocysts that provide them with buoyancy. Thanks to these balls of gas, some species of sargassum are able to remain floating on the surface of the ocean for months and the currents end up accumulating them, forming immense aggregations similar to floating islands. Tenerife, Canary Islands.

Sargassum (Sargassum sp). Pollution, waste, plastic. The genus Sargassum is characterized by having gas vesicles known as aerocysts that provide them with buoyancy. Thanks to these balls of gas, some species of sargassum are able to remain floating on the surface of the ocean for months and the currents end up accumulating them, forming immense aggregations similar to floating islands. In the North Atlantic Ocean is the Sargasso Sea, which receives its name precisely because the presence of these gigantic aggregations on its surface is common. It serves as food, shelter and breeding area for many marine animals, such as crabs, turtles, shrimp and seabirds. At some times of the year it can appear stranded in large numbers on beaches exposed to the current and/or wind. Sometimes they are found mixed with drifting garbage such as ropes, plastics, bottles,... Playa Grande, Punta de Abona. Tenerife, Canary Islands.

Global Warming

Clear plastic bag polluting our ocean

Plastic pollution of the Ocean, a discarded wtite plastic bag on tropical coral reef, on the blue water background swims school of tropical fish. Underwater shot. Red sea, Egypt, Africa

Discarded kitchen plastic storage net shopping hang down of coral reef. Plastic pollution of the ocean. Plastic mesh bag hanging on a beautiful coral reef. Red sea, Egypt, Africa

An old covid mask lying on the sea floor, Catalonia, Spain, Europe

Plastic waste floating in the sea

Plastic trash collected by snorkeler, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia

Climate change in Egypt.

Scuba diver explores Cavtat, one of the largest fields of amphoras in Croatia. We have found more than 600 amphoras used for transporting wine and oil. Now they lie on the seabed enclosed by a metal cage to avoid being removed. Dubrovnik. Croatia, Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean

An oily fatty layer of garbage slowly drifts on surface of sea. Waste polluting oceans floating on surface of blue water. Ocean covered with layer of fat and plastic debris

Hammer used to destroyed the rock illegally to collect the date shells or date mussels, Lithophaga lithophaga, Vervece rock, Marine Protected area Punta Campanella, Massa Lubrense, Penisola Sorrentina, Costa Amalfitana, Italy, Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean

Freediver picks up lost fishing net lies on green algae in sun glare on shallow water in Black sea, Ghost gear pollution of Ocean, Black sea, Odessa, Ukraine, Europe

Cabos, garbage in the sea. Interestingly, some residues become refuge and tiny ecosystems for some species such as seahorses (Hippocampus hippocampus), spider crabs (Stenorhynchus lanceolatus), algae and fingerlings. Canary islands

Coral reef protective program on Indonesia in the navy Nationwide park Bunaken. New coral reefs should originate by specially designed artificial concrete stones. North-Sulawesi, Indonesia.

one of the electrode provides current to the structure of bio-rock, method of enhancing the growth of corals and aquatic organisms, metal covering a wooden boat wreck, dive site of reef seen aquatics, desa pemuteran, bali island, indonesia, pacific ocean date: 22.07.08 ref: zb777_117071_0047 compulsory credit: oceans-image/photoshot

Fisher catch Pacific needlefish with a net, Philippines, Asia

The S-shaped channel post El niño 2024. A photo of the S-shaped channel taken 6 months after the devastating El niño 2024 phenomenon. Although losses were heavy, the reefs of Mayotte have not said their last words, and resilience is already at work. Mayotte

Diver with a shoal of blue reef fish, Wilson Island, part of the Capricornia Cays National Park, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Queensland, Australia

Rusted metal cage metal cage lying on the bottom of the ocean Copyright: xZoonar.com/YannxPoirierx 12914578

diver reviewing a healthy reef diver reviewing a healthy reef ,model released, Symbolfoto Copyright: xZoonar.com/PaulxCowellx2013x 4400565 ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released

Mayotte reef to be ravaged by El Niño in March-April 2024

Plastic trash in coral reef, Gili Air, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia

A coral reef has been destroyed in Indonesia.

Reef construction project, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, Asia

Plastic bag floating underwater. Transparent plastic bag drifts under surface of water, tropical fish swim nearby. Plastic pollution of Ocean, Red sea, Safaga, Egypt, Africa

Bleached lifeless coral reefs without fish, highlighting the ecological impact of overfishing. Without the grazing of herbivorous fish, coral reefs become overgrown with algae, blocking sunlight and depriving corals of their essential nutrients.. Bleached lifeless coral reefs without fish

Len Zell, a seagrass scientist from the Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, studies seagrass (Enhalus acoroides) in the Solomon Islands.

Creator: Stolz, Gary M. Subjects: Caribbean;Marine resources conservation;Natural areas;Virgin Islands;Water;ocean;underwater. . 1998 - 2011.

Plastic bottle on the sea bottom, Vis Island, Croatia, Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean

scuba diver visiting the structure of bio-rock, method of enhancing the growth of corals and aquatic organisms, in taman sari bali cottages, karang lestari pemuteran project, desa pemuteran, singaraja, bali island, indonesia, pacific ocean date: 22.07.08 ref: zb777_117071_0038 compulsory credit: oceans-image/photoshot

Plastic pollution of the Ocean, a discarded wtite plastic bag on tropical coral reef, on the blue water background swims school of tropical fish. Underwater shot. Red sea, Egypt, Africa

Plastic bag underwater in shallow water at sea, Cornwall, England, September

Scuba divers from Raising Coral Team conservation project monitoring coral growth on coral reef restoration towers, Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica, Pacific Ocean. 2019.

Seaweed farm.Sumbawa.Indonesia.

Native Fishing Net Kills Coral Reef

Coral farming. Divers hang young specimens of elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) on the frame on which they grow until they can be released onto the reef. The aim is to breed corals that can withstand the higher water temperatures. Dive site Nursery, Tavernier, Florida Keys, Florida, USA, North America

Waste in plastic bags Lembeh Strait Indonesia

Indonesia, Papua, Raja Ampat, Fam, Penemu Islands. Destructive fishing practices, like fish bombing, are destroying reefs worldwide.

ARQUEOLOGIA ACUATICA. FOTOGRAFIA SUBMARINA EN UN BARCO HUNDIDO.

structure of bio-rock, method of enhancing the growth of corals and aquatic organisms, in taman sari bali cottages, karang lestari pemuteran project, desa pemuteran, singaraja, bali island, indonesia, pacific ocean date: 22.07.08 ref: zb777_117071_0028 compulsory credit: oceans-image/photoshot

Coral reef protective program on Indonesia in the navy Nationwide park Bunaken. New coral reefs should originate by specially designed artificial concrete stones. North-Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Seaweed farm.Sumbawa.Indonesia.

Discarded kitchen plastic storage net shopping hang down of coral reef. Plastic pollution of the ocean. Plastic mesh bag hanging on a beautiful coral reef. Red sea, Egypt, Africa

Green plastic bottle drifting under surface of blue water. Plastic pollution of Ocean, Discarded plastic bottle floats underwater in sunlight, Red sea, Egypt, Africa

Plastic pollution of the Ocean, a discarded wtite plastic bag on tropical coral reef, on the blue water background swims school of tropical fish. Underwater shot. Red sea, Egypt, Africa

Plastic waste in the ocean along with Indo-Pacific sergeant (Abudefduf vaigiensis) Green Island, a small volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean, Taiwan

Plastic garbage lies on sandy-silty bottom of sea in shallow water on bright sunny day in sun glare. Seabed polluted with plastic and other debris, Red sea, Safaga, Egypt, Africa

Coral farming. Divers clean the rack on which young specimens of elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) are growing. The aim is to breed corals that can withstand the higher water temperatures. Dive site Nursery, Tavernier, Florida Keys, Florida, USA, North America

Discarded used medical face mask along with other plastic debris lies on the seabed. Plastic and other garbage polluting in the Adriatic Sea. Becici, Budva Municipality, Montenegro, Europe

Discarded used medical face mask lies on the seabed together with other plastic waste, Becici, Budva region, Montenegro, Europe

Black Pearl Farm Tuamotua French Polynesia

Healthy coral reef in Mayotte resists El Nino phenomenon

Global Warming

structure of bio-rock, method of enhancing the growth of corals and aquatic organisms, in taman sari bali cottages, karang lestari pemuteran project, desa pemuteran, singaraja, bali island, indonesia, pacific ocean date: 22.07.08 ref: zb777_117071_0029 compulsory credit: oceans-image/photoshot

Plastic waste in the ocean along with Indo-Pacific sergeant, (Abudefduf vaigiensis) Green Island, a small volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean , Taiwan

Brazilian, Fred Gurgel, collecting algae and seaweeds (macroalgae) for Coral Reef census, Lizard Island, Queensland, Australia, April 2008.

Clear plastic bag polluting our ocean

Plastic pollution, plastic bottle and cup in blue water. Discarded plastic bottle slowly drifting under surface of blue water in sunlight. Plastic garbage environmental pollution problem in Red Sea, Egypt, Africa

Pollution in ocean environmental problem, Car tyres dumped in sea, ecology

Pollution in ocean environmental problem, Car tyres dumped in sea, ecology

Philippine diver harvesting seaweed. Using a T-Shirt on his head as sun protection, Philippines, Pacific Ocean, Southeast Asia, Asia

Philippines, Apo Island, Reef fish caught in a handmade underwater trap.

Pollution. Various types of drifting waste such as plastic bottles, bags, nets, ropes, etc. accumulated in aggregations of decomposing sargassum. The genus Sargassum is characterized by having gas vesicles known as aerocysts that provide them with buoyancy. Thanks to these balls of gas, some species of sargassum are able to remain floating on the surface of the ocean for months and the currents end up accumulating them, forming immense aggregations similar to floating islands. Tenerife, Canary Islands.

Plastic bag underwater, Kokkini Hani, Crete

Philippine diver harvesting seaweed. Using a T-Shirt on his head as sun protection, Philippines, Pacific Ocean, Southeast Asia, Asia

Philippine diver harvesting seaweed. Using a T-Shirt on his head as sun protection, Philippines, Pacific Ocean, Southeast Asia, Asia

Seabed of beautiful coral reef covered with plastic and other garbage, Red sea, Egypt, Africa

Diver collecting edible algae (Eucheuma sp.) Lighthouse Reef Atoll, Belize. May 2015. Model released.

A disposable diaper floating on the surface of the water, Alif Dhaalu Atoll, The Maldives.

Environmental problem caused by the misuse of single-use wipes. Little Neptune grass (Cymodocea nodosa). Photo complaint, garbage in the sea.

ARQUEOLOGIA ACUATICA. FOTOGRAFIA SUBMARINA EN UN BARCO HUNDIDO.

Submarine emissary. Submarine outfall. Despite the visual impact that it entails and the fact that the negative effects on the environmental impact can always be reduced, in this image it is a treated water discharge. Tenerife, Canary Islands.

Woman in diving equipment swims and collects plastic debris underwater on the bottom of coral reef. Snorkeler cleaning Ocean from plastic pollution. Plastic pollution of the Ocean. Red sea, Egypt, Africa

Global Warming

The consequences of global warming are putting coral reefs under stress, particularly during the El Nino global phenomenon, Mayotte

Marine pollution - floating discarded fishing nets, a danger to many marine species, Canary Islands.

Trash floating in ocean, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia

Underwater sign language " everything o.k. ", the Caribbean..

Plastic bag floating in water

Coral reef protective program on Indonesia in the navy Nationwide park Bunaken. New coral reefs should originate by specially designed artificial concrete stones. North-Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Micronesia, Palau, Diver dropping coral being propagated on a reef.

Garbage in a river (Marta River, Lazio, Italy)

Plastic bag half sunk and drifting. More garbage such as ropes but also natural elements such as algae are mixed among it. The place doesn't matter, but the consequences.

Traditional Fishing Trap Hidden in the Reef

Jellyfish (Catostylus sp.) swimming in a slick of plastic debris. Turtles feed on jellies such as these and this photo shows how easily they can get confused and feed on plastic instead. Indian Ocean off Sri Lanka.

Cabos, garbage in the sea. Interestingly, some residues become refuge and tiny ecosystems for some species such as seahorses (Hippocampus hippocampus), spider crabs (Stenorhynchus lanceolatus), algae and fingerlings. Canary islands

underwater view of orange buoy mooring float in green water

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to the Birch Aquarium at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, for a speech on exploration of alternative energy sources, and for a tour of the aquarium and the Scripps Institution environs

Indo-Pacific Coral Reef and tropical fish of Rainbow Reef at Ripley's Aquarium Toronto

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