Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Ocean

I survived three days in a capsized boat on the ocean floor – praying in my air bubble

Harrison Okene had no choice but to listen in the dark as the shouts of his colleagues fell silent. His throat throbbed and his tongue peeled. Ten years on, he explains why he loves the sea more than ever – and decided to become a diver

The Guardian - UK

Antarctic winter sea ice hits 'extreme' record low

Antarctic sea ice extent hit record low this winter, per NSIDC. Impact on animals like penguins & global warming could be dire. Study finds warming ocean temperatures driven by human-caused greenhouse gas emissions contributing to lower sea ice levels since 2016.

The Hindu

Antarctic sea ice shrinks to lowest annual maximum level on record, data shows

Scientists fear global heating may have shifted region into new era of disappearing ice with far-reaching consequences

The Guardian - AU

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Sleep Expert Reveals Top Sounds To Help You Fall Asleep And Wake Up

Ocean waves, crackling fire, and distant fan buzzing among top sleep-inducing sounds, according to study.

Zenger

As Antarctic sea ice continues its dramatic decline, we need more measurements and much better models to predict its future

After two seasons of record-breaking lows, Antarctica’s sea ice remains in dramatic decline, tracking well below any winter maximum levels observed since satellite monitoring began during the late 1970s.

The Conversation

One Fine Day by Matthew Parker review – compelling portrait of the British empire on the brink of decline

Through the prism of a single September day in 1923, from Jamaica to London to a tiny Pacific island, Parker captures peak British imperialism in vivid detail

The Guardian - UK

A source of carbon — a building block of life — is found on Jupiter's moon Europa

"The discovery signals a potentially habitable environment in the ocean of Europa," according to the Webb Space Telescope's website.

WEKU

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

US ambassador to Japan calls Chinese ban on Japanese seafood 'economic coercion'

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel has accused China of using “economic coercion” against Japan by banning imports of Japanese seafood in response to the release of treated wastewater from the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean, while Chinese boats continue to fish off Japan’s coasts

The Independent UK

Dozens of nations to sign U.N. ocean treaty but implementation still awaits

A new U.N. treaty to protect the world’s oceans was signed by 67 countries on September 20.

The Hindu

Carbon removal: why ambitious 'no nonsense' plans are vital to limit global heating to 2℃

2023 is proving to be a year of climate and weather extremes. Record-busting global air and ocean temperatures, unprecedented low levels of Antarctic sea ice, and devastating fires and floods have been reported across the world.

The Conversation

Unclear if ocean baths will re-open for start of summer

An official re-open date "will be confirmed closer to the time".

Newcastle Herald

Scientists excited to find ocean of one of Jupiter’s moons contains carbon

Discovery adds weight to view that Europa’s ocean could be most promising place in solar system to look for alien life

The Guardian - UK

Plastics spill from Queensland’s Bribie Island could harm wildlife for years, expert warns

CSIRO says 40,000 small discs accidentally discharged from research centre into the ocean are ‘non-toxic’ and ‘highly stable’

The Guardian - AU

Australia signs global treaty to protect the high seas

Conservationists are praising Australia's leadership after it signed a new pact to protect the parts of the global ocean that don't belong to any country.

AAP

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Hurricane Nigel gains strength over the Atlantic Ocean

The National Weather Service says Hurricane Nigel is gaining strength over the Atlantic Ocean and is expected to intensify

The Independent UK

Sponsor an ocean? Tiny island nation of Niue has a novel plan to protect its slice of the Pacific

The tiny Pacific island nation of Niue has come up with a novel plan to protect its vast and pristine territorial waters — it will get sponsors to pay

The Independent UK

North by Northeast: This coastal American road trip is the perfect sea-inspired getaway

From Maine and New Hampshire to Massachusetts and Nova Scotia, Rachel Ifans embarks on a once-in-a-lifetime drive along the Atlantic

The Conversation

Discovering the universe from our own backyards

When I was a college student, I worked at the Charlevoix Astronomical Observatory in Québec.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

'Spring tide' ocean waves crash into buildings in South Africa, leaving 2 dead and injuring several

South African authorities say big ocean waves caused by a phenomenon known as “spring tide” crashed into coastal parts of the country over the weekend, leaving two people dead and injuring several

Radio France Internationale

Coral threatened by chemicals, including several in sunscreen, French study confirms

The French environmental health agency has confirmed the negative impact of certain chemicals on coral, including several substances present in sunscreens. With territories in three tropical oceans, France harbours ten percent of the world’s coral, which is already under threat from climate change.

The Conversation

Worried about heat and fire this summer? Here's how to prepare

The Northern Hemisphere summer brought catastrophic fires and floods to many countries. Down south, the winter was the hottest ever recorded in Australia, fuelled by record ocean temperatures.

Newsroom.co.nz

Māori and Pacific leaders propose legal personhood for whales at UN

Legal personhood has been signed into law for the Whanganui River and the Urewera. Now Māori and Pacific leaders are proposing the same for whales.

The Guardian - UK

‘4,700 species’: Portsmouth exhibition celebrates HMS Challenger’s deep-sea discoveries

Worlds Beneath the Waves at the National Museum of the Royal Navy marks 150 years since ship’s remarkable circumnavigation

The Independent UK

Climate change could bring more storms like Hurricane Lee to New England

Climate scientists say that storms like Hurricane Lee could become more common in the future as the Gulf of Maine and other bodies of water rapidly warm

The Guardian - UK

Five amazing ocean sites to make the first protected high seas areas

From the Sargasso Sea to the Costa Rica thermal dome, scientists are identifying key diversity hotspots to safeguard under a new UN treaty

1 … 148 149 150 151

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the Australian Research Council

Australian Antarctic Division

29 stories

University of Colorado Boulder

25 stories

Conservation International

19 stories

NSIDC

13 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.