The Great Barrier Reef in Australia has suffered the most extensive coral bleaching ever recorded, according to a government report.
This Pacific island nation could be completely flooded within 25 years due to rising sea levels. To address the threat of climate change, Tuvalu is now planning the world's first organized relocation of an entire nation.
Beaches in Australia are filled with dead sharks, stingrays, crabs, and squid. An unusually large toxic algae bloom is causing concern in the country as it lingers off the south coast, killing wildlife and destroying the fishing industry.
A huge area of the ocean – four times the size of Europe – was hit last year by an unprecedented marine heatwave.
The fearsome great white shark is a top predator in the oceans. But a new Australian study shows that it is sometimes hunted itself.
Sharks and rays have long been considered "silent" fish - that is, unable to produce sound. Researchers from Sweden and Australia have now shown that this is a misconception, writes SLU (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences) in a press release.
The Great Barrier Reef is larger than Finland, and it is still bursting with life. But climate change poses several kinds of threats to the future of coral reefs
On Tuesday night, researchers found that the corals send sperm and eggs into the Pacific Ocean to multiply. "It's gratifying to see the reef give life," said marine scientist Gareth Phillips
