WASHINGTON— The National Marine Fisheries Service announced critical habitat designations today for five threatened coral species living in the Pacific Ocean. The agency’s final rule protects 92 ...

Across the globe, oceans are acidifying as they absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, threatening coral reefs and many ...

A groundbreaking study in the journal Science, has unveiled how deep ocean currents—known as global overturning ...

Bulker owner-operator Pacific Basin Shipping has secured a second $250m revolving credit facility from a syndicate of banks ...

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As ocean acidification accelerates off the West Coast, scientists and shellfish farmers warn that the future of the $270 million oyster industry in Washington State may hang in the balance.Jim Robbins ...

Hundreds of fins undulate beneath the surface in a walled pond next to Icicle Creek at Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery, a ...

A groundbreaking study in the journal Science, has unveiled how deep ocean currents—known as global overturning ...

Early signs of a possible La Niña fall and winter are emerging in some climate models, federal forecasters announced Thursday ...

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The Pacific Ocean is by far the world's largest ocean, more than five times wider than our moon. But why is the Pacific so big?Covering about 63 million square miles (163 million square kilometers) — ...