A multinational treaty to protect vast expanses of the world's oceans is finally set to become law in January 2026, with environmentalists hailing its enactment Friday as crucial to safeguarding the ...

The Historic High Seas Treaty officially takes effect January 17, 2026, after 60 countries ratified the agreement.

A new report on the state of the world’s oceans paints a grim picture. The ninth annual Copernicus Ocean State Report finds ...

The first treaty to protect marine diversity in international waters will come into force early next year after being ...

In 2023, she was a lead advocate during negotiations for the U.N. High Seas Treaty, a historic global agreement forged by more than 100 countries that, among other things, will enable the ...

With more than 60 countries on board, the new international law will soon enter into force, ushering in the world’s first ...

The world's oceans are racing towards their tipping point with every region now under threat from the triple planetary crisis ...

The world’s oceans are Earth’s largest carbon sink, storing about 140 times more carbon than the atmosphere. But the oceans ...

While Israel and Hamas meet to discuss a U.S. proposal for ending the war in Gaza, it’s uncertain whether a peace deal will ...

The deepest part of any of the world’s oceans, known as Challenger Deep, is a portion of the Mariana Trench that goes down to ...

Tiny poops are supposed to sink to the seafloor, locking away carbon. But scientists have found that warm spells are ...