Map shows toll on world's oceans
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Only 4% of the world's oceans remain untouched by human activity, a study shows.
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It now seems clear that nearly 27,000 people have died in the tsunami waves that hit coastlines in South and South East Asia on Sunday morning.
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When environmental protestors boarded a Japanese whaling ship in the Southern Ocean, images of the action quickly flashed on the world&#39;s TV sets, followed by photos from the Japanese ship after the protestors were taken into custody. Getting these images out is crucial if either side is to win the global PR battle, but doing so can be problematic when you&#39;re at sea, thousands of kilometers from the nearest cell phone network or broadband connection.
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More than 40% of world's oceans heavily affected by fishing, climate change and pollution, study finds
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The interplay between the oceans and atmosphere is changing, wiping out vast swathes of marine life, say scientists.
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U.S. scientists say they have made a discovery that could help public health officials know instantly when pollution moves into the coastal ocean.
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Heart diseases and strokes kill 17 million people every year and are increasingly likely to afflict people in poor countries, the World Health Organisation said on Thursday as it published an atlas mapping the scale of the epidemics.
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Scientists say there has been a worrying drop in the amount of CO2 soaked up by the world's oceans.
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Commercial fishing methods threaten to  devastate Europe's oceans, WWF International said on Wednesday.
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The United Nations yesterday set aside $1 million to assess environmental damage caused by this week's devastating tsunami, as reports of destroyed coral reefs and uprooted mangrove forests began trickling in.
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The magnitude of the tsunami that killed tens of thousands and remade the coasts of the Asian subcontinent was slowly gauged across the world.
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Pictures of the devastation left by huge earthquake-triggered waves around the Indian Ocean.
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Armies of officials are tabulating the deaths caused by the tsunami that struck a dozen countries in Asia and Africa last weekend. The grim task is often imprecise.
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By Myers, Mark  There is broad consensus by the marine science community that our world's coastal and ocean ecosystems are stressed and significantly impaired. Each year, about 1.5 million people move to coastal counties.
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Seasat 1 gives oceanographers their first in-depth look across the world's broad ocean environment.
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The full scale of the catastrophe around the shores of the Indian Ocean is only slowly emerging. The death toll rises by tens of thousands each day, with the prospect that it could redouble
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Water depths in parts of the Straits of Malacca, one of the world's busiest shipping channels off the coast of Sumatra, reached about 4,000 feet before last month's tsunami. Now, reports are coming in of just 100 feet &#151; too dangerous for shipping, if proved true.