The Saya de Malha Bank is one of the world’s largest seagrass fields and the planet’s most important carbon sinks. It faces incalculable risks that threaten the future of humanity.

Sea ice plays many important roles for the global climate: Its white surface can reflect energy back into space, helping the ...

During a voyage off the east coast of Africa, researchers collected detailed measurements of massive swirling currents that ...

In the vibrant yet fragile waters of the Gulf of Oman, spectacular phytoplankton blooms – visible even from space – unfold in ...

Tropical marine low clouds play a crucial role in regulating Earth's climate. However, whether they mitigate or exacerbate ...

Despite growing interest in deep-sea mining, much of the deep ocean, particularly the midwater zone, remains poorly understood. A 2023 study in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone found that 88% to 92% of ...

Picture an ocean world so deep and dark it feels like another planet—where creatures glow and life survives under crushing pressure.

As well as some of the darkest skies on the U.S. East Coast, it's also the nation's southernmost point. At 24.5 degrees north ...

Could lumpy metallic rocks in the deepest, darkest reaches of the ocean be making oxygen in the absence of sunlight? Some ...

The Milky Way Galaxy Nestled in the heart of Namibia, the NamibRand Nature Reserve offers an unparalleled view of the Milky ...

Storm systems brought rain to parts of Southern California on Thursday, March 13. Footage filmed by X user Yarim Lugo (@YarimCorreaPR) shows dark clouds and rain over downtown Palm Springs on Thursday ...

Then, a cloud of dark yellow urine gushes into the water ... This footage provides a new clue to an important ingredient for a healthy ocean: whale wee. Scientists have spent a lot of time ...