In 2016, Tropical Cyclone Winston struck Fiji, where winds of up to 280 km/h claimed 44 lives, damaged or destroyed more than 40 000...

Last week, a giant iceberg broke off the 150m-thick Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica, close to a British scientific outpost. The 1 270 sq km...

The Atlantic Ocean circulation system that underpins the Gulf Stream, the weather system that pulls warm water from tropical regions up...

In the mid-20th century, the Green Revolution ushered in unprecedented technological advancements in the world’s agricultural systems....

Kenya is emerging as a leader in the fight against plastic pollution and is among the first countries in East Africa to limit the use of...

Ice melt from Antarctica is increasing at an alarming rate, so much so that by 2100, Antarctic melting alone could lead to more than 40cm...

The rise in global sea level is likely to be faster and greater than previously thought, according to new research that says that recent...

A new fisheries law enacted this month in Mozambique is being hailed as a landmark by conservationists. It seeks to empower communities...

Marine mammals stranded on beaches in the southeastern United States died with high levels of pollutants stored in their organs and...

New research has found that pollution from plastic waste dumped into the world’s oceans is correlated with ocean acidification, which...

In recent years, illegal fishing has accounted for at least 20-50% of the global catch, leading to plummeting fish stocks. This...

A spate of whale deaths has been linked to the UK Ministry of Defence’s use of sonar in Scottish waters. Scientists were tracking the...

Callum Roberts’ 2013 book, Ocean of Life: The Fate of Man and the Sea, follows the fascinating relationship between man and water. A...

Covering a swath of ocean larger than Peru around coral reefs, golden beaches and rocky atolls in north Hawaiʻi, Papahānaumokuākea Marine...

Corals are well-known for their captivating colours due to microscopic algae inhabitants. However, some have been seen glowing, which is...

Delegates attending the 39th annual meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic  Living Resources (CCAMLR), which...

NASA has launched a satellite that will gather data on the world’s oceans to improve weather forecasting and document sea level rise. —...

Recent figures from the WWF indicate that between 500 000 and one million tons of ghost fishing equipment are abandoned in the ocean each...

Like a mermaid on an underwater picnic, she floats gently in the current as slivers of sunlight reveal a garden of corals in the Golfo...

A report suggests that large parts of some of the world’s biggest coastal cities will be submerged by 2050 due to rising sea levels....