(Natural News) A study published in the journal Nature Communications found that a little-known ocean current is feeding water into the North Atlantic Ocean’s Faroe Bank Channel Overflow – one of the largest “waterfalls” in the world. This discovery by an international team of researchers sheds new light on the ocean circulations in the Nordic seas, where dense overflow […]

(Natural News) A quick dip in the ocean is hard to beat on a hot day, but a new study shows that ocean bacteria can colonize your skin surprisingly fast – and some types of it can be quite dangerous. Researchers say that just 10 minutes of swimming in the ocean is enough to see […]

(Natural News) Two cruise ships with people exhibiting influenza-like symptoms are being held off the Florida coast. Both vessels, the Costa Favolosa and Costa Magica, have been permitted by port and health officials to anchor and have sent boats to shore. Roger Frizzell, a spokesperson for Carnival Cruise Line, which owns Costa Cruises, stated that some crew […]

(Natural News) With hundreds of millions of Chinese people now under mandatory lockdown due to the Wuhan coronavirus (CoVid-19), the global economy is rapidly screeching to a halt. Cars aren’t getting built, pharmaceuticals aren’t being made, and lobster isn’t being imported, which is impacting fishermen hard in places as far away as Australia, New Zealand, […]

(Natural News) It’s not every day you get to see a fish holding its breath, let alone for up to relatively long stretches of time. But this is exactly the sight that greeted researchers Nicholas Long and Stacy Farina while observing footage captured by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) remotely operated vehicles (ROV). According […]

(Natural News) When it comes to pollution, not even the smallest organism is safe from its effects. Researchers from various institutions in Australia and Denmark revealed that plastic in the ocean inhibits the growth and oxygen production of photosynthetic marine bacteria. These bacteria are believed to be responsible for up to 10 percent of the oxygen […]

(Natural News) Why is there raw feces strewn across nearly all the beaches along the West Coast? The answer is simple: Liberal policies allow people to openly crap all over their own cities (like San Franshitsco), causing untreated raw human sewage to be flushed directly into the oceans every time it rains. Since liberal city […]

(Natural News) A new study looks at the potential damaging impacts of current global plans to mine the ocean floor, including physical destruction of deep-sea ecosystems by mining operations. The oceans cover 71 percent of the Earth’s surface, of which 90 percent is considered deep sea. Despite this vastness, the seas and oceans are the least explored […]

(Natural News) Microbeads prove that when it comes to causing damage to nature, size doesn’t necessarily matter. In light of the environmental risks microbeads pose, the U.S. has taken steps to halt the use and production of these plastics. In 2015, the government enacted the Microbead-Free Waters Act, a law that prohibits the manufacture and import of […]

(Natural News) Our problem with plastic pollution has become so widespread that it’s taking a huge toll on the world’s oceans. Unfortunately, a painful reminder of how bad the problem is for marine animals appears now and then, like in the case of a full-size sperm whale that died after ingesting plastic waste and drifted to […]