In the Pacific Ocean, between Hawaii and California, a wide patch of water has become significantly bluer and greener.

Our oceans have effectively become trash dumps where massive quantities of plastic end up. So much so, in fact, that the largest offshore plastic accumulation zone has been labeled the Great Pacific ...

Satellites show that the ocean around a gyre of plastic detritus in the Pacific is brightening and changing colour, with the ...

The ocean’s blue and green hues near the infamous zone of debris have gotten brighter over the last 20 years, satellite data ...

The water around the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is turning more cyan, new research shows — a change visible from space.

The Southern Ocean may seem far removed from the North Pacific or the Gulf of Maine, but its waters are linked to all the ...

The sheer complexity of the world’s ocean is staggering. Just studying the physical dynamics, such as currents and heat exchange, of roughly 1.3 billion cubic kilometres of water is challenging enough ...

The ocean is Earth’s defining feature. Two of the most famous photographs of all time stamped that indelibly on our minds: Earthrise (1968) and The Blue Marble (1972), both taken during the Apollo ...

Trump had earlier suggested renaming either the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean, floating names such as "Trump Ocean" and "Ocean of the Americas." ...

More than a year of Reuters reporting has come to a disturbing conclusion: The planet’s marine life is fleeing warming waters – and threatening livelihoods.