More than 20 new marine protected areas in coastal waters were announced at the third U.N. ocean conference this week.

A global oceans summit wrapped up Friday with world leaders taking major steps toward marine protection and vowing a showdown ...

The third United Nations Ocean Conference drew to a close Nice yesterday following five days of high-level meetings between ...

A global oceans summit wrapped up Friday with world leaders taking major steps toward marine protection and vowing a showdown ...

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Greece, Samoa and Colombia were among 14 nations who unveiled plans for vast new marine protected areas, taking the share of ...

Ships in the port of Nice sounded their fog-horns on Friday, a brassy crescendo to a rare moment of global unity as the Third UN Ocean Conference drew to a close. Moments earlier, more than 170 ...