"We're very confident." Major tech install on island in the middle of the ocean could transform the future of transportation: 'It will be a real live testbed' first appeared on The Cool Down.

An island in the middle of the ocean is slowly being reclaimed by nature after being abandoned for more than 50 years. Hashima Island is a chilling, deserted island just nine miles off the coast ...

The nearly 170,000 square miles of ocean around Ascension Island, one of the world’s most pristine and biodiverse ocean ecosystems, will soon be officially protected. From the surface, Ascension ...

The island is estimated to be around six acres in size Credit: Nasa / Tonga Geological Services. It's in an area of the southwest Pacific Ocean renowned for underwater volcanoes. "On September 10 ...

A massive medieval-style castle has sparked controversy since construction began in 2015 on a manmade island in a protected nature reserve in western Poland. The 15-story eccentric structure ...

The incredible new £3bn artificial island being built in the middle of the ocean The island will feature an innovative design using 23 giant concrete caissons, each the size of a 10-story ...

In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, thousands of miles from any continent, Easter Island rises out of the sea. Its surface tells a story of volcanism that began roughly 2.5 million years ago, but ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The tiny Pacific island nation of Niue has come up with a novel plan to protect its vast and pristine territorial waters — it will get sponsors to pay.

Worldwide, an estimated 19.4 billion pounds of plastic wind up in the ocean each year, a 2015 study found. Beyond remote islands, ocean currents carry bits of plastic to other unexpected places, too.