When most of us look out at the ocean, we see a mostly flat blue surface stretching to the horizon. It’s easy to imagine the ...

Ocean microbes keep the planet healthy by cycling nutrients and capturing carbon, but a detailed and precise map of where they live had never been made—until now.

Scientists discovered human-made microplastics in the hindguts of amphipods from the Challenger Deep, the deepest point on ...

Home > Press release: From Greenland to the deep sea via ocean ... < Greenlandic seaweed beds, such as the bladderwrack shown here, which is also found at more temperate ... Source: Daniel Carlson ...

During the last ice age, the Atlantic Ocean's powerful current system remained active and continued to transport warm, salty ...

During the last ice age, the Atlantic Ocean’s powerful current system remained active and continued to transport warm, salty water from the tropics to the North Atlantic despite extensive ice cover ...

Ocean currents driven by wind, water density, tides, ocean floor features, or the Coriolis effect, have an important role on climate regulation and marine ecology. In turn, increasing water surface ...

Nice, a tourism hotspot long considered the capital of the French Riviera, has been home for the past week to more than 10,000 extra visitors. As delegates of the third United Nations Ocean Conference ...

Cracking, creaking ice at the bottom of the world is quietly shaping the future climate you live in. New research from Australian scientists shows that melting Antarctic ice shelves and changing sea ...

The line where ocean meets air has always looked fragile, a knife-edge boundary stretched over crushing depths and shifting ...

Deep sea pressure reverse osmosis at 400 to 600 meters drives membrane filtration, cutting energy use more than 50 percent ...