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

Seaweed farm.Sumbawa.Indonesia.

White plastic shoping bag with smiley face drifting underwater near beautiful coral reef with tropical fishes swim around it. Plastic garbage environmental pollution problem. Red sea, Egypt, Africa

Posidonia seagrass destroyed by boat anchors, Golfe-Juan, Alpes-Maritimes, France

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

Consequences of El Niño 2024. The top photo was taken just before the bleaching episode at the end of March 2024, while the bottom photo was taken in October 2024.

Pollution in Red sea Egypt

Fish Traps and Damaged Reef

Mexico, Cozumel, Reef monitoring system with Parque Nacional volunteers and staff

Resurgence of the water table on the bottom of the Ain

Seaweed farm. Sumbawa. Indonesia.

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

ARQUEOLOGIA ACUATICA. FOTOGRAFIA SUBMARINA EN UN BARCO HUNDIDO.

Woman collects plastic garbage underwater clean up of a dirty discarded plastic bags, bottles, cups and other plastics waste floating in the sea. Snorkeler catches plastic trash from the water. Red sea, Egypt, Africa

Plastic waste floating in the open sea, Wakatobi Island, Tukangbesi Archipelago, Wakatobi National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Banda Sea, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia, Asia

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

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.

In Black Sea Blue-green algae blooms, water in Odessa has become freshwater and green color. Environmental disaster caused by explosion of Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant dam, Ukraine, Europe

Plastic cup in the Mediterranean Sea France

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

Carbon Cycle

Dead leaves of (Posidonia oceanica), Kokkini Hani, Crete

Julian Caley and Shawn Smith install an artificial reef as part of CReefs four year project to check what life form will inhabit this structure, Coral Life census, Lizard Island, Queensland, Australia, April 2008

Plastic pollution trash under the sea with different kinds of garbage - plastic bottles, bags, wastes. Eco, water pollution concept. Garbage in the ocean flat vector illustration.

Swahili woman cultivates seaweed.

Divers cleaning the sea bed in Monaco

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_0031 compulsory credit: oceans-image/photoshot

Cultivation of Algae by women Zanzibar Tanzania

Old plastic bag drifting in water column over seagrass meadow. Plastic bag floating underwater on the blue depth, environmental pollution. Plastic pollution of Ocean, Red sea, Safaga, Egypt, Africa

A young male holds a cement brick underwater.

Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre, Sidney, BC, Canada

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

Collecting underwater grasses near Crisfield, MD.

Diver collecting lionfish in the Bahamas, as they have become an invasive species, Bahamas, West Indies, Central America

Chinook Salmon Kings - WA Washington 1 yr old smolts ready for release - Skykomish Hatchery

Disposable transparent plastic bag drifting Seaweed Brown (Sargassum) on surface of water form floating islands of algae and debris, on daytime in bright sun rays

Recorder acoustic beacons placed on TurtlesMayotte

Numerous branches and plastic garbage floating in the Rhône river. Water pollution and waste, Lyon, France.

Water POLLUTION - rubbish floating in ocean. Plastic and other debris drifting out to sea. Ambon Harbour, Indonesia. This slick of plastic covered several acres of the oceans surface.

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

Boy exploring plane wreckage in Exumas, Bahamas, Caribbean. June 2009, model released.

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

Underwater sign language " has opened my reserve. ", the Caribbean.

Plastic waste floating in the sea

commercial fishing net on water

commercial fishing net on water

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.

Flußtauchen in der Enns Flußtauchen in der Enns Copyright: xIMAGO/Zoonar.com/AichingerxThomasx 1044916313st

Balloons in shooting range as targets on water

Seaweed farm.Sumbawa.Indonesia.

Underwater sign language " reserve. ", the Caribbean.

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

Man leaving a glass bottle in a blue recycling bin

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

Plastic doll abandoned at the bottom of the river Le Cher- Plastic waste - Loir et Cher - France

Fish and Wildlife Service worker on boat checking gill net full of fish. Subjects: Environmental Sciences; Biologists (USFWS); Employees (USFWS). Collection: Environmental Sciences.

Underwater camera. Vermont Tropical Storm Irene. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

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

Swahili woman cultivates seaweed.

Plastic pollution, discarded plastic bottle drifting under surface of the water in sun rays on sunset. plastic bottle in blue water. Plastic garbage environmental pollution problem in Ocean. Baklighting. Red sea, Egypt, Africa

Transparent plastic cup is carried away by the wind to the sea in the coastal zone. Plastic pollution of the surf zone. Red sea, Egypt, Africa

Holding water from a well in cupped hands

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

Gas mask in the underwater wreck of the mine trawler "Collective farmer", Black Sea, Ukraine, Eastern Europe, Europe

Micronesia, Palau, Coral being propagated on reef

Seaweed farm. Sumbawa. Indonesia.

Used face mask lies on sandy bottom covered with green seagrass in sunlight. Discarded face masks polluting seabed since Coronavirus COVID-19. Pollution of Oceans. Red Sea, Egypt, Africa

Underwater habitat.

Balloons in shooting range as targets on water

women are working at the Seaweed Plantation at the East Coast at the Village of Bwejuu on the Island of Zanzibar in Tanzania. Tanzania, Zanzibar, Bwejuu, October, 2004

Water World. Global environmental backgrounds for your design

School of plastic bottle pollution underwater

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

Harbor in Cebu filled with plastic floating trash; Cebu, Philippines

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.

Diver's hand giving the OK sign, subglacial diving, ice diving, in the frozen Black Sea, a rare phenomenon, last time it occured in 1977, Odessa, Ukraine, Eastern Europe, Europe

Jenkinson's Aquarium Set to Reopen Friday. New Jersey Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

diving mask on the rocks

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

Disposable plastic bottle drift under surface of water in bright sunrays. A plastic bottle is thrown into the sea slowly drifts in water column in rays of morning sun, Red sea, Egypt, Africa

White plastic shoping bag with smiley face drifting underwater near beautiful coral reef with tropical fishes swim around it. Plastic garbage environmental pollution problem. Red sea, Egypt, Africa

Close up of plastic pack drifts with scraps of Seaweed Brown (Sargassum) on surface of water form floats islands of algae and plastic debris, on daytime in sunlight, Red sea, Egypt, Africa

An aquaculture farm in San Diego, California.

Mangrove reforestation, planting mangroves, mangrove forest one year old, Bohol, Visayas, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia

A man holds metal scraps during a clean up of the warm spring at Alexander Spring Recreation Area, Florida.

Waste at sea floating below the surface, Azores, Portugal, Atlantic Ocean

Plastic pollution, used plastic bag with smiley face slowly drifting underwater in sun rays on dawn. Low-angle shot, Backlight (Contre-jour) . Plastic debris underwater. Plastic pollution of the Ocean. Red sea, Egypt, Africa

The plastic pollution in ocean.Plastic waste in water

An invasive species of Quagga mussel (Dreissena rostriformis bugensis) overgrown toilet bowl at the bottom of Lake Constance. Environmental pollution. Dive site Wildsau, Berlingen, Lake Constance, Switzerland, Germany

Photo before and after the El Niño phenomenon of April 2024 on the reefs of the Mayotte lagoon. It can be seen that 50% of the corals perished after the bleaching caused by the hot water column.

Garbage in the sea, waste water, fish, rivers are dirty with garbage and plastic. freshwater pollution vector concept dirty garbage in the river. flat style cartoon illustration vector

Drum for shark chum, Sardine run, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Water level indicator in the Ruhr Water level indicator for monitoring the water level. Copyright: xZoonar.com/JFsPic xThielemannx 9481152

Naive illustration, children drawing, environmental pollution by a ship dumping plastic waste into the sea, Austria, Europe

Before/after comparison of the El Niño phenomenon in April 2024, which destroyed half the coral on surface reefs. Mayotte

Brazil, Pernambuco, Porto de Galinhas, huge amount of fishes in transparent natural pools

Aerial view of fish farm pools in the beautiful Mediterranean sea, Greece

Shark circling mass of plastic bottle pollution on sea floor

Two photos taken just over a year apart illustrate the impact of bleaching caused by the hot El Niño 2024 phenomenon. Mayotte

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