Coastal Restoration

A Japanese ship that ran aground on a reef off Mauritius two weeks ago has now stopped leaking oil into the Indian Ocean but the island nation must still prepare for "a worst case scenario", Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth said late on Monday.

Over time, trash that has been floating in the ocean gets covered in algae and other micro-organisms

To connect servers around the world, there are actual cables that run under the ocean. The New York Times mapped current and future cables, with a focus on the ones owned by Amazon, Facebook, Googl…

Advancements in satellite remote sensing techniques are paving the way toward the development of high resolution and temporal maps of marine microplastic distribution.

Life on the coast of Madagascar is increasingly precarious. In recent decades, the overexploitation of marine life has made it difficult for hundreds of thousands of small-scale fishers to make a living. So it’s no surprise that they are vocally opposing a new agreement to bring hundreds of additional Chinese vessels into their waters. Two […]

The Indonesian drifted thousands of kilometres, until he was finally rescued by a passing ship near Guam.

The northern Barents Sea has warmed rapidly in recent decades. Hydrographic observations suggest increases in ocean temperature—particularly after the mid-2000s—can be linked to reduced sea-ice import, freshwater loss, weakened stratification and increased upward heat fluxes from the deep Atlantic layer.

For now, at least, life is good again for Filipino fisherman who had been locked out by China. Duterte's dealmaking has given them access to disputed waters.

A new battle is pitting preservation of the Midway Atoll's vaunted military history against the protection of its wildlife.

100-year-old messages from the sea reveal clues to the fate of missing vessels, and poignant farewells from stricken sailors.

The low-lying Pacific island nation of Kiribati has become a poster child for the threats posed by sea level rise. Now its former president, Anote Tong, is trying to raise money to save it.

A court in The Hague says China's assertion of historical rights in the South China Sea have no basis

The Cocos Keeling Islands make up barely 6 square miles in the Indian Ocean. It's a good place to measure debris because almost no one lives there. Scientists were flabbergasted by what they found.

In 2019, ADF&G predicts a total Copper River sockeye salmon harvest of 955,000, an estimate made within the range of 351,000 to 1.16 million

"Losing an island overnight is an eye-opener," one federal scientist said. "It really makes climate change real.”

Every night, a great migration takes place. It's bigger than any you've probably heard of—and even more surprising is that it's vertical.

A powerful typhoon blew out of the northern Philippines on Monday after killing at least six people and spoiling Christmas in several provinces, where more than 380,000 people abandoned celebrations at home to reach emergency shelters and other safer grounds. Typhoon Nock-Ten cut power t

This map ranks the world’s oceans by the amount of plastic floating on the surface.

SeaSketch Supports Collaborative Planning for our Oceans

I'm joyfully studying for an earth science test this month to teach high school oceanography (one day)! I thought I'd share some fun questions here to test your knowledge. And, here's an image o