Oceanographers around the world are warning that cuts to the United Kingdom’s National Oceanography Centre (NOC) could damage international projects in their field — and cuts at more UK environmental-research centres could soon follow.

A recent episode of Discovery Channel Canada’s “Daily Planet” series featured earthquake research on the Chikyu, including the JFAST expedition (underway on April 1) and the long-term NanTroSEIZE project.

An international research team is reporting the results of a research cruise they organized to study the amount, spread, and impacts of radiation released into the ocean from the tsunami-crippled reactors in Fukushima, Japan.

Fishing for herring, anchovy, and other “forage fish” in general should be cut in half globally to account for their critical role as food for larger species, recommends an expert group of marine scientists in a recent report.

Corals may be better placed to cope with the gradual acidification of the world’s oceans than previously thought — giving rise to hopes that coral reefs might escape climatic devastation.

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An empty Japanese fishing boat drifting off the coast of western Canada could be the first wave of 1.5 million tons of debris heading toward North America from Japan’s tsunami last March.

A quick lesson for those stuck in underwater traffic jams: Don’t honk at the fish in front of you. It’s probably going as fast as it can.

[ January 21, 2013 to January 23, 2013. ] January 21-23, 2013 – New Orleans Marriott Hotel, 555 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA

The male dolphins of Shark Bay, Australia, are known to marine biologists for their messy social entanglements.

A seismic survey of the Mariana trench investigated how water moves through the subduction zone, including related seismic and volcanic activity.

Thanks to recent advances in technology, marine archaeologists are finally able to make a full 3D map of the world’s most famous shipwreck more than 25 years after its discovery