Ocean temperatures warmed by human-caused climate change fed the intense rainfall that triggered deadly floods and landslides ...

The ocean is saturated with microplastics. While we know the location of the great garbage patches, where plastic particles ...

Ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) are some of the most abundant microorganisms in the ocean and play a key role in nitrogen ...

One recent study indicates offshore wind farms might play a role in increasing sea surface temperatures on the East Coast, ...

Antarctica’s key glaciers are melting faster as underwater storms churn warm water upward. New research reveals surprising ...

A study links climate change to severe rainfall and deadly floods in Asia, highlighting the human toll of recent cyclones.

Whales make some of the longest, most unforgiving migrations in the world. The World Wildlife Fund reports that one humpback traveled over 11,500 miles in one year between its summer feeding area and ...

Scientists have long known that plastic waste is bad for marine animals. A new study quantifies how little ingested plastic it takes to be a lethal dose.

For thousands of years, writers have come up with increasingly creative ways to describe the “wine-dark sea.” But a new study suggests that modern poets may be faced with a slightly different palette.

Due to global warming, a deep ocean current around Antarctica that has been relatively stable for thousands of years could head for "collapse" over the next few decades. Such a sudden shift could ...

Five years after the creation of Mexico’s Revillagigedo National Park, the largest fully protected marine area in North America, experts report no negative impacts on the Mexican fishing sector Image ...