The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has created a task force that seeks to create policies and programs to protect the country’s oceans. DENR Undersecretary for Policy, Planning ...

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Traditional loko iʻa aquaculture ponds fed Hawaiians for thousands of years, but through the 19th and 20th centuries, most were abandoned. Today, they are not only staging a comeback, but providing a ...

Marine plastic litter tends to grab headlines, with images of suffocating seabirds or bottles washing up along coastlines. Increasingly, researchers have been finding tiny microplastic fragments ...

The loss of Arctic sea ice has long been a graphic measure of human-caused climate change, with wrenching images of suffering polar bears illustrating a worsening planetary crisis. Now, new research ...

The deep, blue sea is becoming deeper — in color, that is. Climate change, along with human development, has reduced how much light can filter through the water. Reduced light can significantly ...

A number of environmental parameters can have strong impacts on mine warfare operations. These factors, discussed below, can affect operations directly, as with the influence of currents on diver ...

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(Reuters) - Oceans carry the bulk of the world's trade, are a major source of food and employment and help regulate the planet's climate but they are under threat from pollution, over-fishing and ...

The Earth’s oceans play a fundamental role in shaping human existence, as we rely on these vast expanses of water for everything from the oxygen we breathe and the water we drink to the food we eat.