The Conversation
80 Years After WWII Ended, a Deadly Legacy Remains in the Pacific
[By Stacey Pizzino and Bryan G. Fry] On September 2, 1945, the second world war ended when Japan officially...
Pacific Island Nations are Divided Over Deep Sea Mining
[By Kolaia Raisele and Aidan Craney] In recent years, Pacific island nations have earned global credib...
What is a "Bunker Buster"?
[By James Dwyer] Early on Sunday morning, local time, the United States carried out strikes against Iranian nuclear e...
Study: Mass Extinction Events Scramble Ocean Biodiversity
[By Stewart Edie] About 66 million years ago – perhaps on a downright unlucky day in May – an a...
Why Wind Farm Developers Are Pulling Out At The Last Minute
[By Thomas York] The UK government’s strategy for tackling climate change received a major blow in May when Danish develo...
Open-Ocean Currents Could Generate Electrical Power
The world’s oceans cover more than 70% of Earth’s surface. They’re filled with currents, some much str...
Op-Ed: Australia Doesn't Need to Depend on U.S. Submarines
[By Albert Palazzo] For more than a century, Australia has followed the same defence policy: dependence on a great po...
Op-Ed: We Don't Know What Deep Sea Mining Would Do to the Midwater Zone
[By Alexus Cazares-Nuesser] Picture an ocean world so deep and dark it feels like another planet – where c...
At a Pivotal Meeting, Nations Decide Whether to Cut Ship Emissions
[By Simon Bullock, Christiaan De Beukelaer and Tristan Smith] You’re probably reading this article on a de...
What Effects Will Trump's New Tariffs Have on Trade?
It’s official. On February 1, US President Donald Trump introduced a sweeping set of new 25% tariffs on impor...