Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The ocean covers more than 70 percent of the Earth's surface. Considering how vast it is, scientists know relatively little about ...

New research paints the extent of human pollution across the planet's oceans: Pesticides and pharmaceuticals make up a large ...

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Oceans around the globe have become darker over the last two decades, leaving researchers fearful for their marine inhabitants, according to a new study. Professor Thomas Davies of the University of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For every seemingly scary tidbit, there are just as many interesting ocean facts that will amaze you and make you appreciate the ...

At this week’s U.N. Oceans Conference in the south of France, delegates need only glance outside the conference hall at the glittering Mediterranean for a stark reminder of the problem they are trying ...

Did you know that the ocean produces approximately half of the world's oxygen? Or that key medicines have come from ocean discoveries, like a painkiller found in a sea snail? It's all true! And so is ...

France's Preside Macron delivers a speech ahead the third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3), which gathers leaders, researchers and activists to discuss how to protect marine life, in the French ...

Growing up on the Rincon Reservation as a descendant of the Rincon Band of Luiseno Indians, Priscilla Ortiz Sawah spent a lot of time inland that gave her a specific understanding of what she says it ...

The world’s ocean absorbed more heat in 2025 than in any other year on record. The world’s ocean absorbed more heat in 2025 than in any other year on record.Marc Asensio—Getty Images Reporter The ...