West Philippine Sea is the name given by an administrative order (AO) of then President Benigno Aquino III to Philippine territorial waters west of the country. Aquino’s AO said West Philippine Sea ...

Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego) introduced a bill for bottle manufacturers to tether caps to bottles by 2027.

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MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The United States has deployed a reconnaissance aircraft while Japan and the Philippines sent navy ships in a joint patrol in the disputed South China Sea two days ...

PORTOBELO, Panama — There are probably easier ways to set a world record, but Rudiger Koch has found his method 11 meters (36 feet) under the sea. He's been living in a submerged capsule off the coast ...

Following the pattern seen in recent years, autumn freeze up has been slow in the Arctic, reflecting the growing heat gain in the ocean mixed layer during summer and higher air temperatures. In the ...

The Haitian migrant boat phenomenon represents one of the most devastating immigration crises in Latin America and the Caribbean, with thousands of people risking their lives in flimsy vessels to ...

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Sweden has sent a formal request to China to cooperate with an investigation into suspected sabotage over the sudden disruption of two submarine internet cables in the Baltic Sea earlier this ...

Multiple countries are investigating and the authorities in Europe say they have not ruled out sabotage. But U.S. intelligence officials have assessed that the cables were not cut deliberately. By ...

Qualified divers have told Sky News how "corner-cutting" caused significant safety hazards on a tourist boat with the same owners as the vessel which sank in the Red Sea. The 44-metre-long Sea ...