This is according to a rapid assessment expedition led by Conservation International with New Zealand Geographic.

The SeaCURE project also sheds light on a broader issue—ocean acidification. As oceans absorb more CO₂, the water becomes less alkaline, threatening shell-forming organisms like mussels ...

Those potential signs of life are a group of chemicals called methyl halides, which on Earth are produced by some bacteria and ocean algae. "Unlike an Earth-like planet, where atmospheric noise ...

The world’s oceans are on the edge of a mysterious and dangerous tipping point. A new report reveals that rising acidity ...

Endangered sea turtles show signs of recovery in a majority of places ... Sea turtle populations in the Atlantic Ocean are more likely to be recovering than those in Pacific waters.

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A new global assessment has brought a dose of good news for conservationists: Decades of work to protect some of the ocean’s most ancient sea turtle populations are looking to be paying off.

Seagrass also cleans polluted water and protects coastlines from erosion. At a time when ocean acidification threatens the survival of the world’s coral reefs and the thousands of fish species ...

The OA-ICC is an IAEA Peaceful Uses Initiative project launched at the UN Rio+20 conference in 2012 following increasing concern from IAEA Member States about ocean acidification. The Centre responds ...

President Donald Trump’s executive order to boost the U.S. commercial fishing industry drew praise from commercial fishing ...

Have scientists discovered aliens? Astronomers believe they have discovered the strongest signs of life on a distant ocean-covered planet far beyond our solar system. We hear from the co-author of ...