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RISING SEA LEVELS THREAT: A SHRINKING EUROPEAN COASTLINE IN 2100?
Monitoring sea levels is key to tracking the evolution of our climate, says Jean-Noel Thepaut, Head of the Copernicus Climate Change Service... READ MORE›
WORLD'S BIGGEST WILDLIFE RESERVE PLANNED FOR ANTARCTICA IN GLOBAL CAMPAIGN
In the 1980s it took a global movement to protect the Antarctic's land... READ MORE›
OCEANS SUFFOCATING AS HUGE DEAD ZONES QUADRUPLE SINCE 1950, SCIENTISTS WARN
Furthermore, the level of oxygen in all ocean waters is falling, with 2 percent - 77bn tonnes - being lost since 1950... READ MORE›
HOW SEA SHEPHERD LOST BATTLE AGAINST JAPANS WHALE HUNTERS IN ANTARCTIC
But what infuriates conservationists is that Japan is hunting and killing whales in a conservation zone, the Southern Ocean whaling sanctuary, that surrounds Antarctica... READ MORE›
'BURIED IN MARSHES': SEA-LEVEL RISE COULD DESTROY HISTORIC SITES ON US EAST COAST
Scientists have warned that the break up of the Antarctic ice sheet could significantly fuel sea level rise, pushing the global increase to around 6ft by 2100... READ MORE›
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WORLD'S LARGEST MARINE PARK CREATED IN ROSS SEA IN ANTARCTICA IN LANDMARK DEAL
Today's agreement is a turning point for the protection of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, said Chris Johnson, WWF-Australia's ocean science manager... READ MORE›
BOATY MCBOATFACE TO GO ON ITS FIRST ANTARCTIC MISSION
Its mission will be to investigate water flow and turbulence in the dark depths of the Orkney Passage, a 3.5km deep region of the Southern Ocean... READ MORE›
THE ARCTIC, ANTARCTIC POLES JUST SET A NEW RECORD FOR LOW LEVELS OF SEA ICE
The amount of sea ice in both the Arctic and Antarctic is at a record low and climate change is partly to blame, scientists announced Wednesday... READ MORE›
VOYAGE TO THE SEA FLOOR: EXPEDITION RETURNS WITH FASCINATING FINDS
Museum Victoria collects gelatinous fish, spiny crabs, scarlet sea-spiders, nightmarish cookie cutter sharks and plenty of rubbish... READ MORE›
WARMING OF OCEANS DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE IS UNSTOPPABLE, SAY US SCIENTISTS
Warming of oceans due to climate change is unstoppable, say US scientists... READ MORE›
ANTARCTIC SEA ICE SHRINKS TO SMALLEST EVER EXTENT
People sceptical of mainstream findings by climate scientists have often pointed to Antarctic sea ice as evidence against global warming... READ MORE›
PACIFIC ISLANDERS CALL FOR AUSTRALIA NOT TO FUND ADANI COALMINE
Australia needs to make a stronger contribution to fight climate change and its impacts, the report says... READ MORE›
SEA LEVELS TO RISE 1.3M UNLESS COAL POWER ENDS BY 2050, REPORT SAYS
University of Melbourne paper combines latest understanding on Antarctica and current emissions projection scenarios... READ MORE›
ENVIRONMENTAL RECORDS SHATTERED AS CLIMATE CHANGE 'PLAYS OUT BEFORE US'
Temperatures, sea levels and carbon dioxide all hit milestones amid extreme weather in 2015, major international 'state of the climate' report finds... READ MORE›
TRUMP REJECTS CLIMATE CHANGE, BUT MAR-A-LAGO COULD BE LOST TO THE SEA
Donald Trump shelled out 409,759 for property taxes in 2016 on Mar-a-Lago, his oceanfront club above billionaire's row in Palm Beach, Fla... READ MORE›
NARWHALS ARE HELPING NASA UNDERSTAND MELTING ICE AND RISING SEAS
The narwhals like it, said Josh Willis, the project lead for NASA's Oceans Melting Greenland... READ MORE›
'FACELESS' FISH MISSING FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY REDISCOVERED BY AUSTRALIAN SCIENTISTS
On board the Investigator research vessel for the month-long voyage are 27 scientists, 13 technicians and 20 crew... READ MORE›
'PRISTINE' ANTARCTIC ROSS SEA DECLARED OFFICIAL UN MARINE PROTECTED AREA
Johnson said the WWF would be working hard to make the Ross Sea Marine Protected Area permanent... READ MORE›
SEA LEVEL RISE WILL DOUBLE COASTAL FLOOD RISK WORLDWIDE
The research takes in to account the large waves and storm surges that can tip gradually rising sea levels over the edge of coastal defences... READ MORE›
TSUNAMI CARRIED A MILLION SEA CREATURES FROM JAPAN TO US WEST COAST
Some of the creatures - about two-thirds of which had never been seen on the US west coast - reproduced as they drifted eastward... READ MORE›
150,000 PENGUINS PERISH AFTER GIANT ICEBERG TRAPS COLONY
The outlook for the Cape Denison Adelie penguins remains dire... READ MORE›
FINALLY, THE WORLD MAY PROTECT ONE OF THE MOST PRISTINE PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN OCEAN
Life at the bottom of the world The Southern Ocean, which surrounds the continent of Antarctica, may sound like a lifeless, frozen wasteland... READ MORE›
ANTARCTIC MARINE RESERVES DEAL WITHIN REACH AS RUSSIA THAWS ENVIRONMENTAL STANCE
After five years of failed negotiations, conservations are hopeful Russia is prepared to make a deal to protect the Ross Sea and East Antarctica... READ MORE›
WHEN IS A PASSENGER REIMBURSEMENT POLICY NOT A POLICY? ASK AIR CANADA
In late 2013, he was in London, preparing to board an Air Canada flight to Ottawa, where he lives... READ MORE›
LEAVE OIL RIGS IN THE NORTH SEA SAY CONSERVATIONISTS
Leave oil rigs in the North Sea, say conservationists... READ MORE›
WORLD'S OLDEST MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE WASHES UP IN GERMANY AFTER 108 YEARS AT SEA
It is thought the postcard Mrs Winkler discovered may be the oldest message-in-a-bottle ever found... READ MORE›
MH370 SEARCH DATA UNVEILS FISHING HOT SPOTS, ANCIENT GEOLOGICAL MOVEMENTS
It was published online by Geoscience Australia on Wednesday, with a further tranche due to be published next year... READ MORE›
'LEWIS IS NOT GONE:' MARINER'S BOTTLED MESSAGE FOUND IN IRELAND, YEARS AFTER DEATH
Lewis Knight's home, where the family still lives, is filled with postcards and responses to his bottled messages... READ MORE›
WHY THE ANTARCTIC ICE SHELF BROKE APART AND WHAT IT MEANS
The massive iceberg that's now floating along in the Southern Ocean, off the coast of Antarctica, will likely break up over time, Shuman said... READ MORE›
MASSIVE MARINE PARK DECLARED IN ANTARCTIC OCEAN
The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources said the Ross Sea marine park would be protected from commercial fishing for 35 years... READ MORE›
THE NEW ANTARCTIC ICEBERG IS BIG ENOUGH FOR RUNWAYS, WATER MINES, AND CRAZY DANCE PARTIES
The tabular iceberg that just broke away from the Antarctic Peninsula is said to be as big as the state of Delaware... READ MORE›
WORLDS OLDEST MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE EVER FOUND FINALLY WASHES UP AFTER 108 YEARS
She told local paper the Amrum News the clear glass bottle had a note inside bearing only the words Break the bottle... READ MORE›
BABY LOBSTERS IN HOT WATER AS OCEAN TEMPERATURES RISE
A new study by scientists in Maine found that if global warming trends continue, lobsters will struggle to survive by the year 2100... READ MORE›
WORLD'S BIGGEST MARINE RESERVE CREATED IN ANTARCTICA AS NATIONS STRIKE DEAL
Today's agreement is a turning point for the protection of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean... READ MORE›