Oceans

El Nino ‘wrecking ball’ could cause record Pacific temperature rise, says UN

UN officials Celeste Saulo (left) and Tom Fletcher speaking at an El Nino press briefing on Oct 21, in Geneva, Switzerland.

Healthy corals help bleached neighbours regain colour: Study

A new lab study by scientists at Stanford University finds that simply placing healthy, colourful coral in contact with their bleached counterparts is enough to bring the dying ones back from the brink.

Ocean exploration can teach students about teamwork, critical thinking and collaboration: Desmond Lee

Education Minister Desmond Lee touring the exhibition inside the R/V OceanXplorer vessel on the third day of the OceanX Summit on Oct 9, 2026.

S’pore to contribute marine expertise, international connections to global ocean protection: Gan Kim Yong

Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong speaking at the OceanX Summit aboard the OceanXplorer research vessel berthed at the Marina at Keppel Bay on Oct 7.

Plankton bloom turns Thai holiday paradise green – and raises a stink

A drone view shows tourists swimming in green seawater amid a plankton bloom in Thailand’s popular tourist island of Koh Lan.

Polar oceans transformed as warming melts ice habitats: Research

The Arctic’s combined sea surface and sea-ice surface temperature rose 4.2 deg C between 1982 and 2024, or around 1 deg C per decade.

Twelve Kazakhstan military personnel die after being washed out to sea during exercises

A nationwide day of mourning was declared for Sept 25 in Kazakhstan, following the incident.

Corals in East Asian Seas holding out as world’s coral reefs shrink due to more frequent marine heatwaves

Corals in Pulau Satumu, Singapore in 2019. Corals support about one-quarter of marine life, including thousands of fish species.

‘Slumping’ South Korean corals worry divers, scientists studying climate change

Roughly half of one cluster off the islet of Beomseom has been struggling in past months.

World leaders need to see rising oceans in Pacific: UN official

A UN report found that up to 1.2 billion people could be displaced by 2050 amid a record pace of sea level rise driven by warming oceans and glacier melt.

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