Oceans
U.K. Supreme Court makes ruling over $43 million in treasure from World War II ship sunk by Japanese torpedoes
World
South Africa has won a legal claim over $43 million worth of treasure from a World War II shipwreck that was found ...
Plastic Is Polluting Our Oceans. Will We Get a Treaty to Cut Plastic Waste?
World
Negotiators working on a potentially historic international agreement to limit plastic pollution wrapped up talks this week in Ottawa, Canada, leaving some ...
March is tenth straight month to be hottest on record, scientists say
World
Europe’s climate monitor said Tuesday that March was the hottest on record and the tenth straight month of historic heat, with sea ...
Scientists discover water source in outer space three times greater than Earth’s oceans
Science
There’s been a big development in the search for life in the universe, after scientists discovered an enormous presence of water vapour. ...
Jellyfish with bright red cross found in remote deep-sea volcanic structure
Science
Scientists say they have found a new species of Medusae — a type of free-swimming, umbrella-shaped jellyfish. The sea creature — which ...
Sailor missing more than 2 weeks arrives in Hawaii, Coast Guard says
U.S.
A sailor more than two weeks overdue in arriving in Hawaii finally did on Saturday, the U.S. Coast Guard said in a ...
SpaceX to launch NASA’s PACE ocean-monitoring satellite this week
Science
A NASA satellite is about to take flight to map out the ocean’s many hues. NASA’s PACE spacecraft, which will help scientists ...
The surfing venue for the Paris Olympics is on the other side of the world but could steal the show
Sports
PARIS (AP) — The giant waves form in the storm belts of the Southern Ocean, off Antarctica, where whales roam. Supercharged by ...