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The Australian government will channel $700 million (AUD 1 billion) toward the protection and rehabilitation of the Great Barrier Reef. The announcement by Prime Minister Scott Morrison came on Friday, just a few days before...

A new study has found that heatwaves associated with climate change are threatening coral populations in the Mediterranean. The study, published in Proceedings of the Royal Society Biology, established that corals could...

Fish face a new threat — ocean acidification caused by global warming. In a recent study published in Global Change Biology, researchers found that warming waters and acidification could adversely affect how fish interact...

Indian Ocean coral reefs are in danger of collapsing within the next 50 years, according to a new study. From Seychelles to South Africa, reef systems could face functional extinction, threatening the lives...

A new report released by the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network found that up to 14% of the world's coral reefs have been depleted due to climate change between the years 2009 and 2018...

Ocean warming may cause small states in the Pacific Islands to struggle economically due to fish loss. A recent study published in the journal  Nature Sustainability has found that tuna caught in 10 Small Island...

The recent heatwave that swept the West Coast of the U.S. and Canada claimed many human casualties, including at least 486 sudden deaths in British Columbia. But when the thermometer reached an unprecedented 121 degrees...

A growing coating of “sea snot” is threatening Turkey’s coral and fisheries and preventing locals and tourists from swimming in the Sea of Marmara...

Marine life is migrating from the equator to the tropics, according to a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences...

A status report released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA) shows that overall, coral reefs in the U.S. are currently in fair condition, but these reefs are vulnerable to severe decline in the near future....

According to a new report prepared by a team of international scientists, deep-sea remains of ancient corals could be used to understand carbon dioxide in the oceans, both past and present...

A recent study has revealed that corals of the Great Barrier Reef have more than halved since 1995. The study, which was done by researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, warns that the Great Barrier...

A new U.S. nonprofit called Smartfin is enlisting surfers to collect data on warming oceans. Smartfin distributes special surfboard fins, which track location, motion, temperature and other data while surfers ride the waves.[...]

EarthX, the forum responsible for the world’s largest environmental expo, conference and film festival is teaming up with global nonprofit organization The National Geographic Society to bring Oceans Week onto the virtual...

The color of the oceans is about to undergo some major changes. As a result of ongoing climate change, scientists are predicting that the color of the oceans will slowly become bluer over the next 80 years.[...]