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Endangered Humpback Whales Gain New Protections in Pacific Ocean From the U.S
The U.S. administration has announced it will be officially protecting 116,098 square nautical miles of the Pacific Ocean as critical habitat for three populations...
Stranded Women and Dogs Rescued After 5 Months Drifting on Pacific Ocean
The Hawaiian sailors who had been headed for Tahiti were eventually rescued by the U.S. Navy 900 miles southeast of Japan.
Surfer’s Ring Lost in Pacific Ocean Returned After 35 Years
Robert Fowler said he was certain that he would never see his ring again when it slipped off his finger in 1979 and was...
Pacific Ocean Dolphin Populations Improving
The Northeastern Offshore Spotted Dolphin is one of two dolphin species rebounding after population declines due to tuna fishing. ...
Ocean CleanUp Launches Huge System in Pacific Garbage Patch to Clean a Football Field Every 5 Seconds
Last week, The Ocean Cleanup organization that has been tackling the Great Pacific Garbage Patch deployed their System 03 for the first time—nearly three...
4 Decades of Data Suggests Pacific Coral Reefs Can Acclimate to Warming Oceans and Resist Future Bleaching
Data collected over the last 40 years at a remote coral reef within the territorial waters of Palau has shown that corals are more...
More Than 5,000 Ocean Species Entirely New to Science Discovered by English Expedition in Pacific
More than 5,000 new marine species have been discovered by an English expedition in the Pacific.
They include strange shellfish, carnivorous sponges, sea cucumbers, worms,...
Ocean Cleanup Hits Milestone of 220 Tons Removed From Pacific Garbage Patch (Watch)
The Ocean Cleanup, the Dutch organization currently tackling the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP), has just reached a milestone of 220 tons of plastic...
Ocean Cleanup Hace Historia al Recolectar Exitosamente los Primeros Plásticos del Gran Parche de Basura del Pacífico
Por primera vez en la historia, activistas han limpiado parte de la basura del gran parche de basura del Pacífico --y rápidamente recogerán mucho más.
Ocean Cleanup Makes History by Successfully Collecting First Plastic From Great Pacific Garbage Patch
For the first time in history, activists have cleaned up some of the trash from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch—and they will quickly collect much more.
As a Means of Saving the Ocean, Man Tries to Become First Person to Swim Across the Pacific
Ben Lecomte might be the person most prepared to spend 6 to 8 months swimming the 5,500-mile span of the Pacific—and he hopes to leave a healthier ocean in his wake.
Archaeologists Uncover Ancient City in Kingdom of Tonga That Rewrites History: ‘First City of the Pacific’
A monumental discovery has been made on the island nation of Tonga, where the footprint of a large urban civilization from centuries past was...
Nonprofit Diverts an Ocean Plastic Tide, Removing 2 Million Pounds of Trash From Waterways
The TerraCycle Global Foundation reached an impressive milestone last month, announcing that they've removed over 2 million pounds of waste from rivers, canals, and...
New Coral Adoption Program by 4ocean to Help Save Reefs–Every Bracelet Plants a Coral and Removes Ocean Plastic
Today, 4ocean announced a new partnership to help restore damaged coral reefs while removing trash from oceans, rivers, and coastlines.
4ocean has been making bracelets...
Massachusetts Innovators Aim to Turn Ocean Plastic into Fuel–Right Onboard the Ship
Chemical engineers are pioneering a process to equip diesel ships with the onboard capacity to turn collected plastic garbage into fuel.
The result has been...
Otherworldly Images Show Breathtaking Beauty of Oceans in Photo Competition
Oceanographic Magazine is heralding the conclusion of its photo/photographer of the year awards, and the results highlight the otherworldy nature of our oceans.
The winners of...
Analysis Shows We’ve Been Overestimating the Amount of Plastic in Oceans by 30x
Scientists in the Netherlands have shown quite convincingly that the issue of plastic pollution in our oceans is far smaller than anyone believed.
Their research...
Pacific Garbage Patch Is Teeming With Life–An Ecosystem Older Than Plastic But No One Saw it
In the northern Pacific Ocean, a powerful ocean 'gyre' pulls together several ocean currents into a single region—the site of the infamous Great Pacific...
Americans Who Took-in Stranded Koreans During Christmas Blizzard Just Flew Over the Ocean to Visit Their House
During the record-setting blizzard in New York state last winter, a tour bus of South Korean visitors to our shores found hospitality with two...
500 Baby Sharks to be Released in Unprecedented Rewilding of the Ocean
Out in the wilds of Indonesia, zebra sharks are extremely rare. Overhunted, these striped bottom dwellers were at risk of going extinct.
Now though, an...