The Latest Breaking News from Ocean

10 bizarre 'dark voids' appear in the skies over uninhabited island near Antarctica — Earth from space

A 2016 satellite photo shows nearly a dozen swirling dark spots that emerged in the clouds over Heard Island in the Indian Ocean.

LiveScience · Aug 12, 2025

Safe no more: off-the-charts marine heat has severely damaged Ningaloo and other pristine coral reefs

Until now, many of Western Australia’s most pristine coral reefs have avoided the worst bleaching brought by marine heatwaves. But their luck has now run out. The state’s longest lasting, largest and most intense underwater heatwave has hammered them.

The Conversation · Aug 12, 2025

10 Photos of Acquene Arradaza: Filipino Beauty Queen Murdered and Sunk to the Bottom of the Ocean with Rocks

Filipino beauty queen Acquene Arradaza was found dead, hogtied and weighed down by rocks near Tacloban City after being abducted days earlier; police are urgently hunting the suspects.

International Business Times UK · Aug 11, 2025

Revealed: Britain's Chagos Islands surrender to Mauritius '10 times what Sir Keir Starmer has claimed in public'

Giving away the Indian Ocean archipelago to the east African nation will cost £35 billion, Whitehall estimates suggest

Evening Standard · Aug 10, 2025

Tropical Storm Henriette strengthens in the Pacific but is not forecast to threaten land

Tropical Storm Henriette is strengthening in the central Pacific Ocean and could become a hurricane, but it poses no threat to land

The Independent UK · Aug 10, 2025

This Guy Bought A Chevy Bolt EV. Next: Driving It 8,000 Miles To The Arctic Ocean

If a Chevy Bolt can do it, just about any EV can do it. The Bolt has slower charging speeds and less range than most EVs, but it's aiming for the Arctic anyway.

InsideEVs · Aug 10, 2025

'Like a creeping mold that's spreading across the landscape': Separate dry areas around the world are merging into 'mega-drying' regions at an alarming rate, study finds

Unchecked groundwater extraction and climate change have dried continents significantly over the past 22 years, with 101 countries now losing fresh water to the ocean, research reveals.

LiveScience · Aug 10, 2025

How 'flying boats' are bringing EVs to the ocean — with the help of LeBron James and Tom Brady

A new electric motorsport championship is making an ambitious pitch to bring electric engines to the ocean — and Will Smith, LeBron James and Tom Brady are along for the ride.

LiveScience · Aug 10, 2025

Not just a meal: This restaurant is the gateway to Kazakhstan’s greenest national park

In Ust Kamenogorsk, 400km from Kazakhstan’s remote Katon Karagay National Park, a restaurant known as "the gateway to Katon" offers travellers a unique mix of regional cuisine, cultural history, and practical travel advice.

Euronews · Aug 10, 2025

Commercial fishing in a vast Pacific nature area is halted after a judge blocks a Trump order

Commercial fishing that recently resumed in a vast protected area of the Pacific Ocean must halt once again after a judge in Hawaii sided with environmentalists challenging a Trump administration rollback of federal ocean protections

The Independent UK · Aug 9, 2025