Recent News Headlines : Ocean

OCEANS UNDER GREATEST THREAT IN HISTORY, WARNS SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH


The world's oceans are under the greatest threat in history, according to Sir David Attenborough... READ MORE

5th December, 2017 19828

'SHOCKING' RISE IN RUBBISH WASHING UP ON UK BEACHES


Most wet wipes contain plastic and Prior said she knew of no wet wipes on sale today that meet water company standards for degradability... READ MORE

30th November, 2017 1421

'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

30th November, 2017 476

AMERICAN LEADERS SHOULD READ THEIR OFFICIAL CLIMATE SCIENCE REPORT


What the report also shows is that the biggest uncertainty in future climate change is us... READ MORE

27th November, 2017 1948

MEXICO CREATES VAST NEW OCEAN RESERVE TO PROTECT 'GALAPAGOS OF NORTH AMERICA'


Mexico's government has created the largest ocean reserve in North America around a Pacific archipelago regarded as its crown jewel... READ MORE

25th November, 2017 21417

SEARCH FOR MISSING ARGENTINIAN SUBMARINE ENTERS CRITICAL PHASE


Concern grows as oxygen reserves for missing naval vessel ARA San Juan with 44 on board reach seven-day limit... READ MORE

22nd November, 2017 1084

UK CONSIDERS TAX ON SINGLE-USE PLASTICS TO TACKLE OCEAN POLLUTION


An estimated 12m tonnes of plastic enters the oceans each year, and residues are routinely found in fish, sea birds and marine mammals... READ MORE

18th November, 2017 22388

PLASTICS FOUND IN STOMACHS OF DEEPEST SEA CREATURES


These range from seven to more than 10 kilometres deep, including the deepest point in the ocean, Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench... READ MORE

15th November, 2017 21376

RARELY SEEN ANCIENT SHARK IS A REAL MONSTER


Humans know very little about the frilled shark because it lives deep in the ocean, off the coasts of Japan, New Zealand and Australia... READ MORE

13th November, 2017 0

LOVING BLUE PLANET? GO ONE BETTER AND TAKE A REAL SUBMARINE TRIP TO THE DEEP


The number of cruise ships with submarines has been growing steadily over the past two years... READ MORE

11th November, 2017 138

'BLUE PLANET 2': 3 STARTLING WAYS WE'RE DESTROYING THE OCEAN AND HOW TO STOP


'Blue Planet 2' Three Startling Ways We're Destroying The Ocean And How To Stop... READ MORE

5th November, 2017 103

'BLUE PLANET 2': 3 STARTLING WAYS WE'RE DESTROYING THE OCEAN AND HOW TO STOP


'Blue Planet 2' Three Startling Ways We're Destroying The Ocean And How To Stop... READ MORE

5th November, 2017 103

INDIA'S FIRST ALL-FEMALE MILITARY CREW CIRCUMNAVIGATING THE WORLD ARRIVES IN AUSTRALIA


Cape Horn is already notorious for it's high seas and rough weathers, she said... READ MORE

1st November, 2017 173

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

1st November, 2017 6206

CHINESE NAVY GETS SOUTH CHINA SEA RESCUE SQUADRON


China's People Liberation Army's PLA South China Sea Fleet said it has established its first... READ MORE

26th October, 2017 1

WHAT DOES A SEXIST GOOGLE ENGINEER TEACH US ABOUT WOMEN IN SCIENCE?


She is also a lead author of the upcoming Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special report on ocean and cryosphere... READ MORE

25th October, 2017 488

OCEAN ACIDIFICATION IS DEADLY THREAT TO MARINE LIFE, FINDS EIGHT-YEAR STUDY


Ocean acidification can reduce the survival prospects of some species early in their lives, with knock-on effects... READ MORE

23rd October, 2017 6369

BLUE PLANET II DIVES DEEP INTO WHY WE NEED TO PROTECT THE OCEANS


Blue Planet II dives deep into why we need to protect the world's oceans... READ MORE

16th October, 2017 55

DAVID ATTENBOROUGH URGES ACTION ON PLASTICS AFTER FILMING BLUE PLANET II


Sir David Attenborough has urged the world to cut down on the use of plastics by tomorrow to curb increasing dangers to the ocean... READ MORE

15th October, 2017 41604

WHY WE NEED TO TURN OFF THE PLASTIC TAP


The worrying truth is that the oceans face a range of issues, largely man made... READ MORE

14th October, 2017 33

SUPERMARKETS MUST STOP USING PLASTIC PACKAGING, SAYS FORMER ASDA BOSS


Exclusive Consumers do not want plastic-polluted oceans so supermarkets and packaging industry have to work together, says Andy Clarke... READ MORE

12th October, 2017 23459

GIANT ATLANTIC WIND FARMS COULD POWER ENTIRE WORLD - STUDY


Giant Atlantic wind farms could power entire world - study -- RT News... READ MORE

10th October, 2017 967

'SUPREME WAKE-UP CALL': PRINCE CHARLES URGES ACTION ON OCEAN POLLUTION


It is impossible to imagine global governance without a cooperative oceans governance... READ MORE

5th October, 2017 3506

MH370: MALAYSIA AIRLINES FLIGHT'S DISAPPEARANCE STILL A MYSTERY, REPORT SAYS


This is despite last year's narrowing down of its most likely resting place to a 25,000-square kilometer 9,650-square mile patch of the southern Indian Ocean... READ MORE

3rd October, 2017 84

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

30th September, 2017 3442

'VERY IMPRESSIVE' MARINE LIFE ENTERS NORTH AMERICA ON DEBRIS FROM JAPANESE TSUNAMI


Debris from the 2011 Japanese tsunami that landed in North America has delivered marine life never seen in the region... READ MORE

30th September, 2017 833

RAIN IN MEXICO ACCOMPANIED BY FALLING FISH


MEXICO CITY - Civil defense officials in northeast Mexico say a light rain was accompanied by small fish that fell from the sky... READ MORE

28th September, 2017 49

THE FINAL STRAW: HOW TO FOLLOW WETHERSPOONS AND DITCH THE PLASTIC


A million plastic bottles of water are bought around the world every minute - most of which end up in landfill or the oceans... READ MORE

26th September, 2017 1807

CHINA BUILDING WORLD'S FIRST DEEP SEA MINING VESSEL


The construction of the hull of the vessel has been completed, according to its builder Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding Ltd... READ MORE

24th September, 2017 118

OCTLANTIS: THE UNDERWATER CITY BUILT BY OCTOPUSES


One reason for these cephalopod urbs may be good food resources but, as with humans, octopus city life is no utopia... READ MORE

19th September, 2017 21678

Trending News Headlines : Ocean

38 MILLION PIECES OF PLASTIC WASTE FOUND ON UNINHABITED SOUTH PACIFIC ISLAND


Henderson Island, part of the Pitcairn group, is covered by 18 tonnes of plastic - the highest density of anthropogenic debris recorded anywhere in the world... READ MORE

15th May, 2017 86876

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

13th March, 2017 35038

'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

14th February, 2017 34833

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

11th March, 2017 28088

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

24th March, 2017 12927

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

17th June, 2017 12599

NEW STUDY CONFIRMS THE OCEANS ARE WARMING RAPIDLY


The most important measurement of global warming is in the oceans... READ MORE

27th June, 2017 10399

WHAT THE DUTCH CAN TEACH THE WORLD ABOUT MANAGING FLOODS


Prior to his mission to take Dutch water management expertise around the world, Ovink was the Netherlands' chief of water management and spatial planning ... READ MORE

3rd September, 2017 10213

EUROPE FACES DROUGHTS, FLOODS AND STORMS AS CLIMATE CHANGE ACCELERATES


Empirical evidence is the basis of the climate debate, Bruyninckx said... READ MORE

25th January, 2017 9192

JELLYFISH ARE BEAUTIFUL, BUT THEY'RE BECOMING A GLOBAL HEADACHE


I think if we really want to change this dynamic, we have to actually change the reasons the jellyfish are blooming, Gershwin said... READ MORE

22nd December, 2016 8815

18TH CENTURY CHINESE IMPERIAL SEAL SELLS FOR RECORD 21M IN PARIS


Data from an automated buoy showed that it rose on Feb 4, 2013 in the North Atlantic, the World Meteorological Organization said... READ MORE

14th December, 2016 7559

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

15th February, 2017 7481

POOL SHARK: BEACHED GREAT WHITE GIVEN TEMPORARY REFUGE IN SYDNEY ROCK POOL


The shark, which washed ashore on Manly beach in Sydney's north about midday, appeared to be injured and onlookers alerted marine rescue and lifeguards... READ MORE

11th September, 2017 6150

FISH CONFUSING PLASTIC DEBRIS IN OCEAN FOR FOOD, STUDY FINDS


Fish may be actively seeking out plastic debris in the oceans as the tiny pieces appear to smell similar to their natural prey, new research suggests... READ MORE

16th August, 2017 5967

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

2nd August, 2016 5827

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

18th December, 2016 5449

CLIMATE CHANGE IN 2016: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY | JOHN ABRAHAM


This past year had so many stories involving human-caused climate change - it will be forever in our memories... READ MORE

3rd January, 2017 4659

WHEN THE CORAL DISAPPEARS, SO WILL THEY


CNN's John Sutter visits a remote island off Madagascar where people are 100 percent dependent on coral reefs for survival. He finds cimate change wreaking havoc... READ MORE

30th December, 2016 4510

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

24th August, 2017 4316

MILLIONS OF TROPICAL SEA CREATURES 'BLOOMING' OFF B.C. COAST


Vancouver Island-based fisherman Matt Stabler took this photo northwest of Nootka Sound in May... READ MORE

18th June, 2017 4246

2017 IS SO FAR THE SECOND-HOTTEST YEAR ON RECORD THANKS TO GLOBAL WARMING


El Ninos bring warm ocean water to the surface, temporarily causing average global surface temperatures to rise... READ MORE

31st July, 2017 4117

'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

31st May, 2017 3739

'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

28th October, 2016 3636

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

18th May, 2017 3626

UK KILLER WHALE DIED WITH EXTREME LEVELS OF TOXIC POLLUTANTS


One of the highest concentrations of toxic pollutants ever recorded in a marine mammal has been revealed in a Scottish killer whale that died in 2016... READ MORE

2nd May, 2017 3622

UK NEEDS BOTTLE DEPOSIT SCHEME TO CUT PLASTIC LITTER IN OCEANS, SAYS THINKTANK


They say a deposit scheme would capture about 95 percent of littered plastic bottles - reducing marine litter by almost a third... READ MORE

4th August, 2017 3122

ONE OF WORLD'S LARGEST MARINE PARKS CREATED OFF COAST OF EASTER ISLAND


Rapa Nui protection area, about same size as Chilean mainland, will protect up to 142 species, including 27 threatened with extinction... READ MORE

9th September, 2017 3112

DEEP SEA LIFE FACES DARK FUTURE DUE TO WARMING AND FOOD SHORTAGE


Adrian Glover, an expert in deep oceans from the Natural History Museum in London who was not involved in the research, welcomed the study... READ MORE

23rd February, 2017 2875

JAMES DELINGPOLE ARTICLE CALLING OCEAN ACIDIFICATION 'ALARMISM' CLEARED BY PRESS WATCHDOG


A magazine article claiming marine life has nothing whatsoever to fear from ocean acidification has been deemed neither misleading nor inaccurate by the UK's press regulator... READ MORE

6th January, 2017 2755

HAS THE MYSTERY OF THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE FINALLY BEEN SOLVED?


ALL SECTIONS More Has the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle finally been solved?... READ MORE

25th October, 2016 2742


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