Ocean temperatures hit hot-tub levels
- 26-Jul-2023
The surface ocean temperature in and around the Florida Keys soared to typical hot tub levels this week, amid recent warnings from global weather monitors about the dangerous impact of warming waters on ecosystems and extreme weather events. A water temperature buoy located inside the Everglades National Park in the waters of Manatee Bay hit […]
Ocean surface climates may disappear by 2100: study
- 26-Aug-2021
Up to 95 percent of Earth’s ocean surface will have changed by the end of the century unless humanity reins in its carbon emissions, according to research published Thursday. Ocean surface climates, defined by surface water temperature, acidity and the concentration of the mineral aragonite — which many marine animals use to form bones and […]
WATCH: Family chances upon deadly sea creature strewn across shore
- 03-Apr-2021
The pufferfish is known to contain a neurotoxin more harmful than cyanide whose venom can paralyse diaphragm leading to respiratory failure
WATCH: Meteor break up over ocean captured on camera
- 06-Dec-2020
In a stroke of luck, a crew at a ship captured an extremely bright meteor crossing the sky.
World’s biggest iceberg moving towards open ocean to risk shipping travel
- 07-Feb-2020
The world's biggest iceberg, which split-off from Antarctica, more than two years back has now started to move towards open ocean posing a serious threat towards the shipping vessels in the sea.
Leonardo DiCaprio rescues man floating above ocean
- 09-Jan-2020
The tragic scenes of the Titanic climax, where Leonardo DiCaprio is shown sinking at the ocean while trying to save the love of his life moved the audience.
‘Ghost’ fishing gear: the trash haunting ocean wildlife
- 06-Nov-2019
Abandoned fishing objects make up a significant volume of plastic pollution in seas and oceans.
Ocean heatwaves devastate wildlife, worse to come
- 05-Mar-2019
Invisible to people but deadly to marine life, ocean heatwaves have damaged ecosystems across the globe and are poised to become even more destructive, according to the first study to measure worldwide impacts with a single yardstick.
Passenger plane crash landed into the ocean
- 29-Sep-2018
MICRONESIA: A passenger plane has crash-landed into the ocean around the tiny Pacific island nation of Micronesia. Fortunately, it did not end in fatalities as all 47 passengers and crew survived after the pilot missed the runway. The passengers managed to escape from the plane, and locals arrived shortly on small boats to assist with the […]
Paramedics fulfill dying woman’s wish to see ocean for one last time
- 24-Nov-2017
A Queensland ambulance crew melted million hearts with their extraordinary compassionate gesture when they fulfilled the wish of a patient in palliative care to go to the beach. The heartfelt moment was immortalised in a picture taken by Danielle Kellan, a member of QAS team that took the woman to the beach. The picture shows […]