More than 100 UN member countries agreed on a legally binding ocean treaty to ensure the conservation and sustainable use of marine...

The average person eats nearly double the amount of seafood as half a century ago. To satisfy the rapidly growing demand, global...

On October 30th, 2012, New Yorkers woke up to a city devastated by Hurricane Sandy. Never before had New York City’s vulnerabilities to...

As the world’s climate changes, the rate of ocean warming is accelerating at an unprecedented rate, sea levels are rising and many ocean...

To meet the ever-increasing fish demand, global seafood production has quadrupled over the past 50 years. As one of the biggest...

Despite how the ocean has influenced the natural world throughout history, human-triggered global warming is now changing ocean chemistry...

Ocean acidification is threatening marine ecosystems and it is the main cause of mass coral bleaching events. It is estimated that by...

The rise of the global mean sea level has been a hot topic in recent years as rising sea levels are expected to flood low-lying coastal...

Despite their immense importance for our wellbeing, humans have recklessly polluted the world’s ocean by dumping huge quantities of...

Dolphins are aquatic mammals who must surface to breathe air and are a type of cetacean. They are also notorious for being socially...

The arrival of nearly 50 invasive species into the Adriatic Sea over the course of the previous three decades confirms new conditions...

Oil is an essential part of our lives; beyond the oil used for cooking, but the black crude oil deep in the ground. Fuels and plastics...

A healthy ocean equals a healthy planet and whales have an important role to play in all of this. They help phytoplankton to thrive and...

Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease has wreaked havoc on Floridian and Caribbean coral reefs for several years now, with existing threats...

The International Seabed Authority (ISA) will begin issuing commercial licenses for deep seabed mining starting in 2025-2026 timeframe....

The government of Australia successfully blocked UNESCO in listing the Great Barrier Reef as an endangered World Heritage site following...

Coral reefs are facing events of severe bleaching and physical destruction due to human coastal development, as well as the effects of...

A new study has found that marine heatwaves have become more than 20 times more frequent over the past four decades due to the burning of...

How will the climate crisis affect biodiversity in the deepest depths of the ocean? In a new study published in the journal Nature...

New research suggests that the amount of ocean microplastic pollution has likely been vastly underestimated, and that there are at least...