A treaty to protect the high seas will not come to life by the time the UN Oceans Conference opens in June, but persistence by member states has nudged the landmark pact towards enactment. France's ...

When you're on a sandy beach or the banks of a river, transformed by rolling waves or slightly still waters, it's likely ...

Widespread ocean pollution threatens the health of more than 3 billion people, international study led by Boston College researchers shows Ocean pollution is widespread and getting worse, and when ...

Sound waves travel through different types of matter, including liquid water. Importantly, the movement of ocean water can ...

and food security of hundreds of millions of people who depend on the ocean” OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann said. The report comes as the world’s oceans suffer a crisis of pollution ...

Vote for a strong global treaty on plastic pollution Plastic pollution is suffocating our rivers and ocean, killing wildlife and contaminating our food, air and water. Without immediate action, ...

It’s an invisible threat, but noise pollution is a major — and often deadly ... Naval sonar systems work like acoustic floodlights, sending sound waves through ocean waters for tens or even hundreds ...

ship design and real-time ocean monitoring. Accurately predicting fluid behavior is crucial for industries relying on wave and tidal energy, as well as for design of maritime structures and vessels.