What is climate change doing to the ocean? Climate change is putting the ocean at risk. Warmer ocean waters cause sea levels to rise, damage coral reefs, and reduces the amount of oxygen in the water.

Members of the Palau Marine Police unit, tasked with patrolling a stretch of sea as large as France, search a foreign fishing boat operating in Palau territorial waters in 2015. (Ben Lowy/The Outlaw ...

The ocean is one big body of water, but we have divided up the Earth into five oceans and about 50 designated seas. These oceans are called the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, and the Arctic.

The ocean basins are so vast and deep that they hold about 97 percent of the Earth’s water. Sea water that’s trapped in ...

(CNN) — As scientists scramble to understand why the world’s oceans are in their second year of record-breaking heat, one of the most important programs to gather ocean data in the US is in danger of ...

British naturalist and broadcaster David Attenborough will present a National Geographic documentary about the health of the world's oceans. Attenborough, 98, is known for BBC documentaries including ...

There are many reasons to be worried about the state of the world’s oceans. But some scientists say it’s important to point to successes, in order to motivate people to take further, evidence-based ...

"Our Oceans" is a five-episode documentary series set to premiere on Netflix on Nov. 20 Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has previously ...

A Pacifica woman is being recognized for leading an annual ocean education program at a coastal school for over 30 years. Sheila Gamble-Dorn recently walked down the hallway at Ocean Shore School, ...