Leader of International Seabed Mining Agency Admonished by Diplomats The United Nations-affiliated agency faces pressure from some member nations to greenlight ocean mining — and from others to slow it down.
At Least 8 Dead as Two Small Boats Capsize in San Diego Searchers were looking for victims from the air and in the water late on Saturday. They recovered bodies, life jackets and fuel barrels.
La Niña Has Ended, and El Niño May Be on the Way The climate pattern that tends to bring drier, warmer conditions to the southern half of the United States and wetter weather to the northern half has ended, NOAA said Thursday.
To Prepare for a Pacific Island Fight, Marines Hide and Attack in California A 10-day exercise gave a new Marine regiment the chance to test war-fighting concepts the Pentagon may one day need in a battle with China.
The Missing 24-Limbed Animals That Could Help Rescue the Ocean’s Forest Scientists say that reintroducing the fast-moving predators to the West Coast could help control the spread of sea urchins that are devouring kelp.