The Latest Breaking News from Ocean

The United Nations’ human rights office says that violence surrounding youth-led anti-government protests in the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar over the past several days has killed at least 22 people

For centuries prior to modern conservation efforts, indigenous communities cared for the oceans with a fundamentally different philosophy – treating marine environments as family rather than a commodity. With the UN High Seas Treaty set to come into force in January, their knowledge is being formally recognised in the governance…

During Minecraft LIVE September 2025, Mojang Studios revealed that the next game drop coming is called Mounts of Mayhem, with a new ocean mount and more.

The guitar virtuoso on nail hygiene, Batman and the time he shaved a stranger’s back at a Super Bowl party in California

With oceans showing dangerous levels of acidity, seven of nine crucial planetary boundaries – the limits beyond which Earth risks becoming uninhabitable for humans – have now been breached, climate researchers warn. But one of the authors of a new report tells RFI that humanity still has a chance to…

The European Space Agency aims to develop an orbiter-lander mission that will sample the icy plumes of Saturn's icy ocean moon Enceladus and search for signs of life.

Two-thirds of the world’s oceans lie beyond national borders, an unregulated expanse under growing pressure from mining, fishing and climate change. Now, a new UN treaty promises to change that – but could also trigger fresh conflicts over who controls the high seas.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Humberto has formed in the Atlantic Ocean but is not currently threatening land

Great white shark sightings are increasing in unexpected waters as climate change shifts migration patterns. Experts explain the risks, the truth about shark behaviour, and the safety steps swimmers and surfers should take.