Oceans

Many sharks closer to extinction than feared: Red List

by Marlowe HOOD Agence France Presse Human appetites are pushing makos and other iconic sharks to the brink of extinction,…

Ocean heatwaves devastate wildlife, worse to come

by Marlowe HOOD Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Invisible to people but deadly to marine life, ocean heatwaves…

Plastic found in deepest ocean animals

by Patrick GALEY Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Animals living in the deepest ocean trenches have been found…

Blue whales ‘hedge their bets’ in search for food: study

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Every spring, the largest animals in the world, blue whales, migrate from their winter breeding…

Voyage into the unknown explores Indian Ocean’s hidden depths

by Robin MILLARD Agence France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- A mission to explore uncharted depths in the Indian Ocean…

Storms halt Pacific swim record attempt

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) - Powerful storms have forced a Frenchman attempting to become the first person to swim cross the…

Japan reopens beaches hit by 2011 nuclear, tsunami disaster

TOKYO, Japan (AFP)  -- Japan has reopened three beaches in regions devastated by the 2011 tsunami and resulting Fukushima nuclear…

Large vessels are fishing 55 percent of world’s oceans

by Kerry SHERIDAN Agence France-Presse MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- More than half the world's oceans are being fished by…

Coming decades vital for future sea level rise: study

by Marlowe Hood © Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- How quickly humanity draws down the greenhouse gases driving global warming will…

Sea level rise is accelerating: study

MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- Sea level rise is accelerating and could reach 26 inches (66 centimeters) by century's end, in line…

Scientists discover resilient ‘heart’ of Great Barrier Reef

MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- Australia's Great Barrier Reef is in peril from climate change and widespread bleaching, but scientists…

First joint France-China satellite to study ocean storms and cyclones

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- France and China's space agencies unveiled their first joint satellite in Beijing Friday, which will be…

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