Oceanography
Risky Business For Fish In Oil-Polluted Reef Waters
Coral reef fish are more likely to engage in risky behaviour and be unable to identify predators if they swim in waters...
World’s Northernmost Coral Reef In Japan Bleached
Bleaching has damaged the world's northernmost coral reef in Japan, a researcher said Tuesday, the latest example of a...
Cook Islands Creates Huge Pacific Ocean Marine Reserve
The Cook Islands has created one of the world's largest marine sanctuaries, protecting a vast swathe of the Pacific...
ADB Warns Climate Change ‘disastrous’ For Asia
A business-as-usual approach to climate change will be "disastrous" for Asia, undoing much of the phenomenal economic...
Group To Patrol Mediterranean To Stop Migrants Reaching Europe
A group of far-right activists has hired a boat to patrol the Mediterranean and prevent would-be migrants from reaching...
Dutch Researchers Reveal Plans For Mile-Wide ‘floating Islands’
Made up of 87 floating triangles of different sizes, the huge, flexible island made of concrete or steel would...
Far-Right Group Hires Boat To ‘patrol’ Med For Migrants
A group of far-right activists has hired a vessel to patrol the Mediterranean and prevent would-be migrants from...
UNESCO Keeps Great Barrier Reef Off ‘in Danger’ List
UNESCO said Thursday its World Heritage Committee (WHC) had decided not to place the Great Barrier Reef on its list of...
2020 Is the Deadline To Avert Climate Catastrophe, Experts Claim
A world that heats up beyond that threshold will face a crescendo of devastating impacts ranging from deadly heatwaves...
Anlo Beach Residents Call For Resettlement
Residents of Anlo Beach, a coastal community in the Shama District of the Western Region, who had many of their houses...
Great Barrier Reef A $42 Billion Asset ‘too Big To Fail’
Australia's under-pressure Great Barrier Reef is an asset worth Aus$56 billion (US$42 billion) and as an ecosystem and...
Global Coral Bleaching May Be Ending, US Agency Says
Coral reef bleaching may be easing after three years of high ocean temperatures, the longest such period since the...
Over 1,500 Displaced By Tidal Waves At Blekusu In Ketu South
At least 1,500 persons have been displaced by the tidal waves that swept through Blekusu, a fishing community in the...
Disposal of Plastics In the Sea Killing Wildlife
Mr John Pwamang, Acting Executive Director, of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday said the disposal...
Disposal of Plastics Into the Sea Killing Wildlife
Mr John Pwamang, Acting Executive Director, of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday said the disposal...
Chemical Cocktail Found In Barrier Reef Turtles
Human medicines and household substances have been discovered in the blood of green turtles in Australia's Great...
Faceless Fish Among Weird Deep Sea Australian Finds
Faceless fish and other weird and wonderful creatures, many of them new species, have been hauled up from the deep...
Strong Quake Hits Southern Japan, No Tsunami Risk
A strong earthquake hit southern Japan on Tuesday, though there was no tsunami warning nor immediate reports of damage...
6.8-Magnitude Quake Strikes the Philippines
A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the Philippines early Saturday, triggering a tsunami warning that was later...