Chinese marine rescuers have saved the crew of a container vessel that caught fire after colliding with a Liberian boat in the sea off east China.
The importance of multi-million dollar industries to Australia's economy is hampering efforts to protect threatened species of marine life from plastics, a problem that has been described as on par with global warming, a government inquiry has heard.
Australia's plankton population has moved more than 300 kilometers south in 30 years, prompting fears it could affect the food chain in years to come.
New Zealand is to share its experience of ocean management and conservation at the international Our Oceans Conference in Valparaiso, Chile, next week, Environment Minister Nick Smith said Friday.
Common ocean bacteria play a greater role in global climate processes than previously thought, says a New Zealand scientist who took part in research that found sunlight stimulates bacteria to use carbon dioxide (CO2) for growth when organic carbon food sources are scarce.
Global climate change could raise the sea temperatures off the east of New Zealand's South Island by as much as 2 degrees Celsius and change the whole marine ecosystems -- a phenomenon that last occurred 125,000 years ago
Readings from China's first ocean development index were published on Wednesday and will provide valuable information as the country looks to boost its marine economy and build itself into a maritime power.
U.S. researchers said Wednesday they have detected for the first time the H1N1 virus in elephant seals off the coast of central California.
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