The Latest Breaking News from Ocean

After a long and deadlocked bidding process for Australia and Pacific Island nations to co-host the UN climate summit (COP31), the event will now be hosted by Turkey. Australia’s Climate Minister, Chris Bowen, will reportedly take a key role as “COP President for negotiations”. More details are yet to emerge.

The ocean has long been treated as boundless – a frontier for extraction and a sink for waste. This perception has driven decades of exploitation and neglect, pushing marine systems toward irreversible decline. Yet with urgent, collective action, recovery remains within reach, offering renewed global benefits for people, nature and…

Plastics are everywhere, and the ocean is no exception: 11 million metric tons of plastics enter the ocean every year, where they spread far and wide, making their way to the deepest trenches and remote Arctic islands.

The job hunt today feels less like a professional milestone and more like an Olympic-level endurance sport you didn’t train for. One moment you’re hopeful, the next you’re refreshing your inbox like it owes you money. Every application feels like a carefully crafted message in a bottle tossed into an…

New research warns that less than three sugar cubes’ worth of plastics could be fatal for seabirds like the Atlantic puffin.

Scientists find tiny amounts can be a ‘fatal dose’ for marine life in the most comprehensive study of its kind

The National Weather Service had issued an advisory on Friday warning that waves could strike higher up the beaches near Big Sur, California

Winter is setting in across the Northern Hemisphere, and with it, cold and cloudy winter days. Clouds play a vital role in the environment, providing rain but also reflecting sunlight before it reaches the Earth’s surface.

The image shows the difference in temperature between the top of a hurricane and the bottom.