'EXTRAORDINARY' LEVELS OF POLLUTANTS FOUND IN 10KM DEEP MARIANA TRENCH

She said the new research showed that the deep ocean trenches are not as isolated as people imagine... READ MORE›

EARTH'S OCEANS ARE WARMING 13% FASTER THAN THOUGHT, AND ACCELERATING

Over 90 percent of the extra heat ends up in the ocean and hence perhaps the most important measurements of global warming are made in the oceans... READ MORE›

WORLD'S DEEPEST FISH FOUND IN PACIFIC OCEAN'S MARIANA TRENCH

Video World's deepest fish found in Pacific Ocean's Mariana Trench... READ MORE›

WHAT WILL BE THE BIG ENVIRONMENT EVENTS IN 2017?

The global climate debate will be dominated by whether the president-elect Donald Trump withdraws the US from the Paris global agreement to reduce emissions... READ MORE›

FIRST PICTURES OF NEW ISLAND FORMED BY UNDERWATER VOLCANO

Revealed First pictures of new island formed by underwater volcano... READ MORE›

HOTTEST EVER JUNE MARKS 14TH MONTH OF RECORD-BREAKING TEMPERATURES

Nasa's Walt Meir said the global temperatures have been exacerbated by extreme temperatures over the Arctic... READ MORE›

DUTCH PROTOTYPE CLEAN-UP BOOM BRINGS PACIFIC PLASTICS SOLUTION A STEP CLOSER

If all goes well, full-scale deployment of a 100km-long version will take place in the great Pacific garbage patch between California and Hawaii in 2020... READ MORE›

NEW ZEALAND ISN'T AN ISLAND AFTER ALL; SCIENTISTS SAY IT'S THE TIP OF A 'HIDDEN CONTINENT'

As measured by human landmarks, Zealandia encompasses New Zealand and the island of New Caledonia about 1,500 miles to the north... READ MORE›

ANCIENT WATER CHANNELS AND SEA ICE

The Great Salt Lake is the largest water body in the US after the Great Lakes... READ MORE›

60-YEAR-OLD MAN PLANS TO SWIM THROUGH 107 COUNTRIES IN 450 DAYS

Strel's scariest encounter was with a stingray, which bit his son while they were swimming in the Amazon river... READ MORE›

EL NINO MAY 'BE THE WORST EVER'

Northerly winds would push the moist air south keeping temperatures high in South Australia and Victoria... READ MORE›

OCTOPUS DUBBED CASPER THE FRIENDLY GHOST COULD BE NEW SPECIES

Scientists say they have discovered what might be a new species of octopus while searching the Pacific Ocean floor near the Hawaiian Islands... READ MORE›

RECORD NUMBER OF SEA LION PUP STRANDINGS BLAMED ON WARMER OCEAN

A sea lion pup in care at the Marine Mammal Centre in Sausalito, California... READ MORE›

WORLD'S LONGEST-SURVIVING CASTAWAY SUED FOR $1 MILLION AFTER BEING ACCUSED OF 'EATING HIS COLLEAGUE'

Mr Alvarenga washed up in the Marshall Islands, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, in January 2014... READ MORE›

BOYAN SLAT'S HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT RAISES MILLIONS TO CLEAN UP WORLD'S OCEANS

The oceanic currents moving around is not an obstacle, Slat said... READ MORE›

WHY SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS ARE THE NEW NORMAL

There is no doubt in my mind that climate change is partly responsible for the flooding across the North of England... READ MORE›

HEADLINES 'EXAGGERATED' CLIMATE LINK TO SINKING OF PACIFIC ISLANDS

The major misunderstanding stems from the conflation of sea-level rise with climate change... READ MORE›

AT LEAST 20 PEOPLE KILLED AS FLOODING HITS INDONESIA

El Nino is the warming of the surface waters of the Pacific Ocean, which is known to affect the weather around the globe... READ MORE›

U.N. BODY ISSUES EXPLORATION CONTRACTS AS ERA OF DEEP SEABED MINING NEARS

These biologically complex areas are found in the Western Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans... READ MORE›

INDIA-AUSTRALIA SUBMARINE DRILLS EXPECTED TO RATTLE CHINA

If the Pacific Ocean is big enough to accommodate China and the US, so is the Indian Ocean to accommodate India and China... READ MORE›

MEET THE GUY TRYING TO CLEAN UP THE GREAT PACIFIC GARBAGE PATCH

At just 22, Boyan Slat has created a barrier system that's designed to collect and remove trash from the Pacific Ocean without disrupting marine life... READ MORE›

NORTH AMERICA FAR OFF FROM OCEAN PRESERVATION TARGETS, REPORT FINDS

Marine protected areas MPAs include the Florida Keys and California's Monterey Bay national marine sanctuary, which is larger than Yellowstone national park... READ MORE›

WWII SEAPLANE FOUNDERS IN SURF

Only 316 of the nearly 1 200 crew members survived and many were eaten by sharks in the Pacific Ocean... READ MORE›

MH370 FLIGHT: TSUNAMI DEBRIS SHOWS WHY PLANE PART MAY NOT SOLVE MYSTERY

Washington There's little chance that wreckage found in the Indian Ocean will reveal the final resting place of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370... READ MORE›

PARIS DEAL 'WON'T SAVE ISLAND NATIONS', KIRIBATI SAYS

COP21 Paris deal won't save low-lying island nations from rising sea levels, Kiribati President warns... READ MORE›

HORDES OF RED CRABS WASH UP ON SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BEACHES

"They are mostly grazers in the upper 200 meters (yards) of the ocean," Sala said. "Because they can swim in the water column, they can be transported by strong currents."... READ MORE›

The Australian government still has two ships under contract to search an area of seafloor the size of Nebraska in the Indian Ocean, and the Malaysian government has a third... READ MORE›

'GHOSTLIKE' OCTOPUS FOUND IN PACIFIC MAY BELONG TO NEW SPECIES

The remotely operated underwater vehicle Deep Discoverer came across the octopod near Necker Island, or Mokumanamana, on the northwestern end of the Hawaiian Archipelago... READ MORE›

RARE VENOMOUS SEA SNAKES KEEP WASHING UP ON CALIFORNIA BEACHES

In 2010, a lone grey whale -- a species that had never been seen outside the Pacific Ocean -- was spotted off the Mediterranean coast of Israel... READ MORE›

SO LONG SUCKERS INKY THE OCTOPUS MAKES AN AMAZING ESCAPE

After a year recuperating at the National Aquarium, said manager Rob Yarrall, Inky was once again in good health... READ MORE›