The global ocean economy is at risk of major disruption without increased protection, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The global ocean economy had ...

The passage is "the most dreaded bit of ocean on the globe," Alfred Lansing wrote in his 1959 book "Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage to the Antarctic."At around 600 miles (965 kilometers ...

Data from the agency’s vast ocean monitoring networks, including ships, satellites and fleets of robotic buoys, feeds into near-term forecasts for weather and helps predict waves and tides.