Ocean surface temperatures hit a record high for June
Ocean surface temperatures on 21 June beat records set in 2023 and 2024. Photograph: Richard Ellis/Zuma Press Wire/ShutterstockView image in…
Canada Missed Chances to Inspect Titan Before Fatal Implosion
A new report shows that government agencies failed to communicate and includes recommendations for stronger oversight in a bid to…
West Antarctica Is Missing Way Too Much Ice
Temperatures have climbed up to 45 degrees Fahrenheit above normal, stopping ice from forming in the dead of Antarctic winter.
‘The Antarctic is the last frontier’: the quest to save Shackleton’s Endurance
The Antarctic seabed’s near-freezing conditions have helped keep the wreck intact for more than a century, providing a reef for…
A solar-powered rubbish-eating boat? The vessel chomping plastic waste out of the sea
The Interceptor system, seen here in LA’s Ballona Creek, was invented by Ocean Cleanup, a global non-profit dedicated to ridding…
‘Severe’ stress on oceans as rate of sea level rise doubles in 10 years, UN warns
Waves crash over Tynemouth pier in north-east England. Sea levels were rising at 2mm a year before 2015 but the…
A New Species of Tiny Octopus Was Discovered in the Galápagos Islands
An octopus about the size of a golf ball was first spotted in 2015 near Darwin Island. A new study…
‘If something goes wrong, you can’t simply surface’: Maldives tragedy shines light on dangers of cave diving
Scuba divers in an underwater cave. Investigations into the circumstances of the fatal dive in the Maldives are ongoing but…
A ‘Golden Orb’ on the Ocean Floor Came From a Mysterious Animal
A fascinating, unclassifiable orb found in the Gulf of Alaska is not an alien object, as some speculated, but the…