(University of California - Santa Cruz) Ocean acidification due to rising carbon dioxide levels will reduce the density of coral skeletons, making coral reefs more vulnerable to disruption and erosion, according to a new study of corals growing where submarine springs naturally lower the pH of seawater. The study is the first to show that corals are not able to fully acclimate to low pH conditions in nature.

(McGill University) A McGill-led international research team has completed the first global study of changes that occurred in the nitrogen cycle, at the end of the last ice age. Their study confirm that oceans are good at balancing the nitrogen cycle on a global scale. But the data also shows that it is a slow process that may take many centuries, raising worries about the effects of current changes in the ocean.

On Friday, June 14, filmmaker James Cameron delivered the DEEPSEA CHALLENGER, the only human-occupied vehicle currently able to access the deepest parts of the ocean, to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Dr. Susan Avery, president and director of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, along with the scientific research community, welcomed Cameron and the submersible to its new home at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

For two years Iceland's fin whale hunt has been suspended - but only because the economic market for whale meat, Japan, was suffering the after-effects of its cataclysmic earthquake. In the terrible logistics of global economics, the whale meat market is open for business again – partly, it is claimed, to provide luxury dog food snacks.

An extraordinarily big thing might happen in the world of marine conservation next month at a meeting in Germany of a little known international commission. And while you probably haven't read much about it, the outcome could see the creation of the two largest areas of protected ocean on the planet that would lock out fishing from more than 1.5 million square kilometres of ocean around the Antarctic.

A landmark study by WWF and CDP aims to change the conversation in business about addressing climate change — primarily by showing how profitable it can be to do so.

Dynamic glass that responds to glare and heat can make buildings smarter, and Sage is ready to produce millions of square feet of it.

Our latest review of the big news in corporate sustainability includes how EVs are now cost-competitive with gas cars.

Ford kicked off an effort to expand its water strategy by asking execs and experts to imagine extreme uncertainties about supplies.

Finding innovation and inspiration in sustainable procurement is hard, but not impossible. Here are five steps to help companies chart a new path.