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

A new study finds there are 27 million metric tons of invisible plastic particles in the North Atlantic alone.

By looking at the microbial communities that live on corals, our research uncovered a crucial role that fishes play in protecting coral reefs. We also discovered that these fishes together with clean ...

News about Water Pollution, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Coral bleaching isn’t just an ocean crisis. Here’s how the global event endangers food security, local jobs—and the land ...

The researchers drew their conclusions by abandoning popular climate models that they said in recent years have not ...

President Donald Trump’s order to re-open distant, protected Pacific waters to U.S. fishing fleets followed years of dire warnings by the region’s commercial seafood interests.

(CFS) and Wild Fish Conservancy (WFC) filed a lawsuit against Pacific Seafood Aquaculture, LLC, for multiple violations of ...

Hundreds of people took to the streets in the freezing dusk of Chile's capital on Saturday to watch a performance calling for greater protection of the world's oceans. (AP video shot by Alexandre ...

To find out how destructive negligence and indifference are, it is enough to move between Hawaii and California and see the Great Pacific Garbage Patch! From wreckages of containers to children's ...

Pacific island nations tap indigenous know-how to safeguard ocean health Among the measures being taken are a ban on fishing and mining activities in vast marine protected areas Reading Time:5 minutes ...