The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has created a task force that seeks to create policies and programs to protect the country’s oceans. DENR Undersecretary for Policy, Planning ...

Scientists explored deep ocean canyons using environmental DNA from water samples and found over 200 new species.

A landmark global treaty to safeguard biodiversity in the high seas came into effect on Saturday, providing countries with a legally binding framework to tackle threats such as overfishing and meet a ...

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Marine plastic litter tends to grab headlines, with images of suffocating seabirds or bottles washing up along coastlines. Increasingly, researchers have been finding tiny microplastic fragments ...

Traditional loko iʻa aquaculture ponds fed Hawaiians for thousands of years, but through the 19th and 20th centuries, most were abandoned. Today, they are not only staging a comeback, but providing a ...

The deep, blue sea is becoming deeper — in color, that is. Climate change, along with human development, has reduced how much light can filter through the water. Reduced light can significantly ...

LITTLE COMPTON, R.I.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Green Oceans, the nonpartisan, nonprofit community group fighting to preserve Rhode Island’s bays, beaches, and ocean from environmental harm, called today for a ...

A number of environmental parameters can have strong impacts on mine warfare operations. These factors, discussed below, can affect operations directly, as with the influence of currents on diver ...

The Earth’s oceans play a fundamental role in shaping human existence, as we rely on these vast expanses of water for everything from the oxygen we breathe and the water we drink to the food we eat.