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Sweden Helps South Korea Convert Food Waste into Biogas
The South Korean city of Ulsan has allowed water generated from processing food waste to run off into the ocean, which can generate methane...
Indonesia Launches Southeast Asia’s Biggest Marine Park
A migration route for almost half the world's whale species which contains vast amounts of rare coral will be preserved in the Savu Sea...
Vast Reserve to Protect Prince Edward Islands and its Penguins
South Africa’s declaration to establish one of the world’s largest Marine Protected Area’s around its Prince Edward Islands, is a marine conservation achievement of...
Bush-era Endangered Species Rule Revoked
The Obama administration last week revoked a rule enacted toward the end of the Bush administration that it said undermined protections under the...
Could Algae be Oil’s Next Competitor? (Video)
Scientists in Southern California are trying to design the next oil, and it may be floating in most oceans and ponds. Researchers...
Special Report: The Best News for Planet Earth in Decades
I asked one question to leading environmentalists who are usually keen to point out what is wrong with the environment: What is...
6000 Rare River Dolphins Found Off Bangladesh
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has discovered a huge population of rare dolphins in South Asia. Nearly 6,000 Irrawaddy dolphins, which are related to...
Obama Enacts Law Protecting 2 Million Acres of Wilderness
President Obama has signed into law one of the most sweeping conservation and public land management bills in years. The legislation will protect 2...
African-American Divers Join Search for Sunken Slave Ship
The search for a 19th-century slave ship, wrecked on a reef while illegally transporting 561 African slaves, continues in Biscayne National Park but with...
‘Astonishing Richness’ in Polar Sea Species
The polar oceans are not biological deserts after all. A marine census released Monday documented 7,500 species in the Antarctic and...
140 Year Old Lobster Set Free
Last week, the prospect that a 140-year-old lobster confined to a tank inside a New York seafood restaurant would ever see his ocean home...
Bush Creates Largest Marine Protection Zone in the World
With the stroke of a pen today, President Bush will designate three new areas in the Pacific as Marine National Monuments to create the...
Improvements Help Many, Four Years After Tsunami
Four years since the tsunami swept across the Indian Ocean, leaving more than 230,000 dead, improvements can be seen in many of the devastated...
Clean Energy Act Sets Philippines Up for $3 Billion Savings
Landmark legislation to accelerate use of the vast renewable energy potential in the Philippines through incentives for investors could save the country...
50 Years of NASA Innovations Gave Us Easier Life
In celebration of 50 years of NASA, take a look at 50 innovations that, thanks to space exploration, have made our lives better --...
Hundreds of New Marine Species Discovered by Australian Scientists
Hundreds of new marine species and previously uncharted undersea mountains and canyons have been discovered in the depths of the Southern Ocean, Australian scientists...
Voting Starts in Historic Maldives Elections
The people of the Maldives are voting in their first multi-party democratic presidential election, which sees the Indian Ocean archipelago choosing whether to replace...
Diving Into a New Smithsonian Era
The new Ocean Hall at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History opened Saturday, the largest renovation in the museum’s century-long history and a transformation...
Rip Tide Survival for Father and Autistic Son Adrift at Sea
After a rip current swept Walter Marino and his 12-year-old son, Christopher, out to sea, darkness fell, and the sound of rescue helicopters and...
Hunt for Renewable Energy Leads Researchers to Some Unlikely Sources
Scouring the Earth for new sources of clean, renewable energy, scientists and engineers are exploring some unusual nooks and crannies. Kites, waves, tides, ocean...