The Latest Breaking News from Ocean

'Uncharted territory': El Niño to flip to La Niña in what could be the hottest year on record

A quick flip from El Niño to La Niña is coming soon, but what does that mean for the U.S.?

LiveScience · Apr 20, 2024

What's the largest waterfall in the world?

If your mind has gone straight to the thundering waters cascading down Venezuela's Angel Falls, think again.

LiveScience · Apr 20, 2024

Ocean spray emits more PFAS than industrial polluters, study finds

Research into release of ‘forever chemicals’ raises concerns about contamination and human exposure along world’s coastlines

The Guardian - US · Apr 19, 2024

Saturn's 'Death Star' moon Mimas may have gotten huge buried ocean from ringed planet's powerful pull

The discovery of vast subsurface seas on Saturn's tiny moon Mimas has redefined our view of what an ocean world can be. We may now know how this buried ocean was formed, revealing it is shockingly young.

Space · Apr 17, 2024

2031 PGA Championship headed to Ocean Course at Kiawah Island Golf Resort

The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island, site of Phil Mickelson's win in 2021, will host a third men's major.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Apr 17, 2024

Anglerfish entered the midnight zone 55 million years ago and thrived by becoming sexual parasites

Anglerfish first colonized the ocean's midnight zone 55 million years ago, during a period of extreme global warming, a new study finds. The bizarre fish adapted to thrive in the deep sea by becoming sexual parasites, the researchers said.

LiveScience · Apr 17, 2024

World's oldest wild bird is 'actively courting' after losing long-term mate

Biologists on Midway Atoll in the North Pacific Ocean have spotted a septuagenarian female Laysan albatross named Wisdom flirting with potential mates months after the end of the nesting season.

LiveScience · Apr 17, 2024

Senate mulls next steps in Mayorkas impeachment; ocean heat is mass bleaching coral

The Senate kicks off the impeachment trial of the Homeland Security secretary. Coral reefs are undergoing a mass bleaching event that could soon be the worst on record.

WEKU · Apr 17, 2024

World oceans summit nets $10bn in sustainability pledges

More than 400 commitments amounting to $10 billion were made this week at an international summit on saving the oceans, host country Greece has said.

Radio France Internationale · Apr 17, 2024

Coral reefs can't keep up with climate change. So scientists are speeding up evolution

Climate change is heating oceans faster than the world's coral reefs can handle. So scientists are breeding corals that can withstand hotter temperatures – but only to a point.

WEKU · Apr 17, 2024