Category: Blog

The Arctic is warming four times faster than any other place on the planet. As sea ice melts, new shipping routes between continents are opening up, and the yearly window … Read More

For nearly five decades, more than 200,000 barrels of radioactive waste were dumped in the icy depths of the northeast Atlantic. Today, no one knows precisely where these barrels are … Read More

In this special edition for World Oceans Day, we spotlight the urgent, haunting work of Mandy Barker, the award-winning British photographic artist using sea-salvaged fashion waste to expose the truth about plastic … Read More

Sequencing environmental DNA found in soil, seawater, snow or even air samples has made it possible to detect and identify organisms, allowing researchers to build exhaustive biodiversity inventories. And when … Read More

Europe is trying to put itself at the forefront of the global ocean agenda, releasing its Ocean Pact ahead of a United Nations Oceans Conference in the French coastal city … Read More

Ahead of the United Nations Oceans Conference in Nice, our reporters went to meet some of the French scientists working to better understand and preserve the ocean. From high-tech robots … Read More

The European Union on Thursday presented a plan aimed at better protect oceans ahead of a United Nations summit on the subject. The EU wants to take a leadership role … Read More

As France welcomes Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to Paris for a state visit, France is also celebrating a whole year of cultural exchanges with Brazil. One of … Read More

Saudi authorities are preparing to prevent mass casualties due to the extreme heat during the Hajj. Around 1,300 people lost their lives during last year’s major Muslim pilgrimage, which took … Read More

Parts of Canada and the US received alerts for hazardous air quality as hundreds of wildfires spread throughout Canada, forcing 26,000 people to evacuate and spewing smoke across the Atlantic … Read More