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 ...

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

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.

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 ...

The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite is allowing researchers to directly observe small-scale ocean processes across the globe for the first time. An eddy is like a mini whirlpool in ...

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 ...

An interdisciplinary study confirms, for the first time, the oceanographic pathways that transport floating macroalgae from ...

S1: Welcome in San Diego. It's Jade Hindman. On today's show , we are talking about a new NPR podcast that explores the depths of the sea. This is KPBS Midday Edition. Connecting our communities ...

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (KABC) -- If you're out near the Santa Monica Pier, you may notice parts of the ocean looking a little pink. Don't worry, it's all in the name of science. It's a chemical called ...

If the wind is blowing steadily toward the shore, the risk of rip currents increases, but other factors and features can also make them more likely. They are not always easy to spot, so these are said ...