Tag: oceans

La Niña increases the risk of drought in certain regions, as occurred in California in 2022David McNew / Getty Images ...

Days after hurricanes Irma and Maria tore through Puerto Rico in 2017, Ernesto Diaz formed a team to survey what ...

A Chinese deep-sea mining vehicle during a trial in the Pacific Ocean in July 2024Credit: Shanghai Jiao Tong University/Handout via ...

It was a year of rough seas for the world’s oceans. Despite some progress on both fronts, overfishing and pollution persisted, ...

Over the last decade and a half, deep-sea mining has captured worldwide attention as a potential source for the minerals ...

PORTLAND, Maine -- The incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump is likely to bring big changes for one of the ...

Ship strikes are a leading threat to large whales, with global shipping routes overlapping 92% of their habitats, a new ...

A study modelling the impact of melting ice suggests scientists have underestimated the risk that an important ocean current will ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. -- As the third named storm to emerge during November, Tropical Storm Sara serves as a reminder that ...

Measuring the massive coralInigo San Felix/National Geographic Society In the south-west Pacific, off the coast of one of the tropical ...