Tag: oceans

They are as tall as 500 meters.

The camera device uses sound waves to power itself and transmit data.

The situation for the oceans is critical. Could these agreements provide the desperately-needed protection?

Since 2021, a new ocean has been added by cartographers, bringing the tally to five grand oceanic basins.

The map covers 48 million square kilometers (185 million square miles) and details a new deepest point

This is bad news for water quality and biodiversity

Maybe just... stop doing it?

The extent of plastic pollution in our ocean is stunning.

Shorter wash cycles and cold water can reduce the amount of microfibers that end up in the ocean by 30%.

Deep-water probes now record fewer decibels of noise as the coronavirus has put a halt on maritime traffic.

Jellyfish can sting swimmers and their prey with 'mucus grenades'

The closest extinct human relative was more similar to us than initially thought.

In the past three decades, oceans absorbed as much energy as 3.6 billion Hiroshima-sized atom bombs.

Governments have the chance to increase ambition next year

There are about 700 ocean sites with low levels of oxygen, an IUCN report presented at COP25 reported.

MPAs can help protect marine and coastal biodiversity

Every year more than 640.000 tonnes of nets, lines, pots and traps are dumped in the sea

Researchers found that the extinction event from 66 million years ago coincided with a sharp drop in the pH levels ...

Despite initially thought to come from land, most plastic debris in the sea can be linked to merchant ships, according ...

The ocean is warmer, more acidic, less productive, and rising.