If the oceans go, we go. This is not a metaphor. The oceans produce more than half of the oxygen we breathe, regulate our climate, provide food for billions, and absorb vast amounts of carbon dioxide ...

The oceans — vast, ancient, and seemingly eternal — are shifting faster than scientists once believed possible. Temperatures ...

Ocean waters toward the poles and the equator are now different hues. Warming waters are causing the colors of the ocean to change -- a trend that could impact humans if it were to continue, according ...

The ocean surface retains a stubborn trace of our plastic waste. Even if we were to stop all pollution today, these residues would persist for decades, or even more than a century. This ...

The oceans belong to all of us. They feed and protect our peoples. They inspire dreams and enable travel. They offer sustainable energy, means to trade, resources, and infinite scientific knowledge.

LONDON, June 9 (Reuters) - While many countries have agreed to take steps to protect the vast, ungoverned swathes of the world's oceans, they have yet to see their High Seas Treaty go into effect.

Microplastics aren’t just floating in the ocean; they’re turning up in what we eat and drink. Studies show that everyday ...

Commercial vessels, particularly fishing boats, are known sources of ocean plastic, losing up to a million tons of plastic ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Kansas is more than 1,000 miles from the nearest ocean, but local actions still affect the health of the world’s water. “Our waterways end up going to the ocean,” said Dennis ...

Scientists have spotted something dramatically unusual in the ocean, and it could be a warning sign of things to come. Warm air dances with cold air; cold water chases warm water. It's all a part of a ...

What color is the ocean? Duke University researcher Haipeng Zhao posed the question rhetorically, but the answer is automatic for most: blue. This isn’t wrong. But it's not completely right, either.