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A four-day discussion on ocean issues began today at the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat.

On today’s episode of the Mongabay Newscast, we speak with Jim Darling, a marine biologist who is here to play us some recordings of remarkably similar humpback whale songs from around the world.

Humans unleash mountains of plastic into the sea each year, and that rate is only accelerating as plastic production grows around the world.

Ever since the 2011 Fukushima disaster, the country has struggled with containing its contaminated water. But it's running out of room⁠—and time.

A rarely-seen, deep-sea octopus put on a stunning show for researchers exploring portions of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument.

In climate news, scientists say a massive area of the northeastern Pacific Ocean is five degrees Fahrenheit hotter than average, in a warming event rivaling the so-called Blob of 2014. 

Amid reports that Japan is planning on dumping more than 1 million tons of radioactive waste water into the Pacific Ocean, an official at Greenpeace Seoul raised concerns over the potential damage such action may cause to the Pacific ecosystem and neighboring countries.

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Mellon (WHEC-717) continues their North Pacific patrol in support of Operation North Pacific Guard (NPG) 2019...Since June, Mellon’s crew has conducted 40 boardings and issued 61 violations.

Pacific civil society organisations have asked Pacific Islands Forum leaders for a 10-year moratorium on seabed mining  from 2021 to 2030, to give time for more scientific data to be generated to better inform the governance and conservation of our Ocean.

After six weeks of testing, the nonprofit Ocean Cleanup group has decided to use a parachute anchor system to slow down its plastic pipe-and-skirt contraption designed to collect marine litter from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.The new plan will allow System 001/B to achieve a consistent speed