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

Dozens of research and exploration vessels have set sail off the French coastal city of Nice across across the Baie des Anges ...

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

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 ...

The third U.N. Ocean Conference opened Monday as pressure mounts for nations to turn decades of promises into real protection ...

The US is only sending observers to a UN conference on protecting the oceans that began Monday in France, part of the Trump ...

This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network, where Elizabeth Claire Alberts is a fellow. NICE, ...

NICE, France — World leaders, scientists and officials gathered on Monday to open the third United Nations Ocean Conference and launch a global appeal to save the world's oceans, which ...

As the UN Ocean Conference Opens in France, a Push to Turn Promises Into Protection NICE, France (AP) — The third U.N. Ocean Conference opened Monday as pressure mounts for nations to turn ...

NICE, France (AP) — The third United Nations Ocean Conference opens Monday as pressure mounts for nations to turn decades of promises into real protection for the sea. The summit comes as just 2 ...