The University of British Columbia and Ocean Diagnostics bring together innovative technologies to track microplastic pollution in the Fraser River.

These underwater disasters can trigger coral bleaching and massive fish kills.

Scientists warned that low oxygen levels threaten entire food webs, and the phenomenon should be recognised formally in climate frameworks

Plastic pollution has become a global environmental crisis, with an estimated 11 million tons of plastic entering the oceans each year. As larger plastic debris breaks down into microplastics, these t...

New research shows that the important AMOC is already slowing down and bringing it closer to a tipping point and eventual shutdown. The impacts would be significant for Atlantic Canada and the planet.

The climate phenomenon is intensifying an already unequal global economy

An enormous national marine conservation reserve is being established on British Columbia's central coast, spanning an area larger than Prince Edward Island.

Whale-sized, monstrous octopuses prowled the seas during the Age of Dinosaurs, snatching prey with their huge tentacles and crunching them with powerful jaws, fossils from B.C. and Japan suggest.

From seahorses to sharks, over 3,000 fish species have been caught in bottom trawls, including many at risk of extinction, according to a new global inventory.

As Arctic ice shrinks and human marine activity increases, sound-sensitive marine life face a noisier environment.

It’s far from the sandy shores of Florida, where you might expect to see a great white shark, but earlier this week, one "pinged" off the coast of Vancouver Island, researchers say.

A widely used method to calculate sea level rise may have missed up to a century of change, so the risks could hit home for millions sooner than thought.

Global treaty for protecting the oceans enters into force

For the eighth year in a row, the world’s oceans absorbed a record-breaking amount of heat in 2025. It was equivalent to the energy it would take to boil 2 billion Olympic swimming pools.

The long-awaited treaty establishes a legal framework to protect biodiversity in the High Seas. NGOs now want concrete action on protection

Geographically, there are five oceans on planet Earth, and though each one may seem different, there is really only one inter-connected ocean; One Ocean with challenges that transcend cultural and pol...