A troubling report has found that most lakes, rivers, and coastal waters in the European Union are polluted by chemicals, ...

The Utrecht Centre for Water, Oceans and Sustainability Law (UCWOSL) of Utrecht University does research in the area of water law, oceans law, environmental law, climate law and sustainability law.

The oceans connect us all. They cover two-thirds of our blue planet and contain most of the life on Earth. They are as important to us as they are vast. But the oceans face many threats — from ...

James Cameron's Avatar movies have proven to be extremely divisive, but no matter how you feel about them, it's hard to deny that seeing Pandora on the big screen remains quite the spectacle. From ...

At first glance, the meeting point of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans looks like a dramatic clash between two separate bodies of water. The difference in water color, often observed in places like ...

Himadri Saini receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Laurie Menviel receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Europe is warmed by heat from ocean currents, which move ...

Before embarking for Istanbul to attend MPI’s European Meetings & Events Conference (EMEC) in mid-February, I had a grasp of the monumental history of the city that is literally divided between the ...

Continent-sized structures of mineral protruding from the lower mantle towards Earth's outer core may be contributing to an instability of our planet's magnetic field. The two odd formations – one ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The booming ocean economy sustains hundreds of millions of people, but it is being squeezed dry by overfishing, pollution, climate change and waste, UN economists warned on Monday, in a call for ...

For centuries, Earth’s oceans have always been blue. However, research states that oceans will turn green again soon. By again, I mean, once upon a time the oceans used to be green; now, they are blue ...