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How Ocean Currents Move Heat Around the Planet

How Ocean Currents Move Heat Around the Planet

The sun does not warm the Earth evenly. The tropics receive a flood of solar energy while the poles get only a glancing share, and if nothing moved that heat around, the equator would be scorching and the polar regions e…

Tue Jun 23 20265 min
Trump Opens 1.3 Million km² of Pacific Marine Monuments to Commercial Fishing in Unprecedented Rollback

Trump Opens 1.3 Million km² of Pacific Marine Monuments to Commercial Fishing in Unprecedented Rollback

US President Donald Trump signed an executive proclamation on 11 June 2026 rolling back commercial fishing protections across approximately 1.3 million square kilometres of Pacific marine national monuments, including po…

Mon Jun 22 20265 min
Saudi Arabia's Farasan Islands Hareed Festival Reveals the Limits of Science and the Depth of Traditional Marine Knowledge

Saudi Arabia's Farasan Islands Hareed Festival Reveals the Limits of Science and the Depth of Traditional Marine Knowledge

Every year since before living memory, hundreds of people on the Farasan Islands in the Red Sea wade into the water to catch longnose parrotfish, known locally as hareed, which gather at Al-Hasis Beach in a dense aggrega…

Fri Jun 19 20264 min
Navantia Begins AIP System Testing on Submarine S-83 Cosme García at Cartagena Shipyard

Navantia Begins AIP System Testing on Submarine S-83 Cosme García at Cartagena Shipyard

Navantia has commenced testing of the Air Independent Propulsion system incorporated into the dedicated section of submarine S-83 Cosme García, the third unit in Spain's S-80 programme, at the Cartagena shipyard's specia…

Thu Jun 18 20265 min
French Polynesia Expands Full Ocean Protection to 30% of Its Waters in Landmark Conservation Step

French Polynesia Expands Full Ocean Protection to 30% of Its Waters in Landmark Conservation Step

French Polynesia has expanded its fully protected marine waters by an additional 520,000 square kilometres, bringing approximately 1.4 million square kilometres, equivalent to 30 percent of its exclusive economic zone, u…

Thu Jun 18 20264 min
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