Hagfish shoot slime that clogs gills and deters predators. Learn how they do it, why it's important, and how it could help humans too.

When sea ice forms later, the communities of tiny algae that live within it change too. Detecting these early signals now ...

Organic particles that settle on the seabed ensure CO2 stays locked. However, natural gel-like substances slow down this ...

Back in 2018, imagery from the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-2A satellite captured unusual ‘slicks’ in the Baltic Sea, ...

Ocean darkening is rapidly spreading, squeezing marine life closer to the surface and altering ecosystems worldwide.

A recent study reveals that drifting fish aggregating devices (dFADs), widely used in tuna fishing, have spread to more than ...

The Kaisei has been on three separate expeditions to monitor and report on the vast and growing vortex of trash known as the ...

A global analysis by St. Joseph’s University on Long Island examines the prevalence of microplastics in marine life. WSHU’s ...

The ammonia from Adélie penguin guano reacts with sulfur-containing gases in the atmosphere to aid in forming clouds, which ...

Marine life plays a pivotal role in Earth's carbon cycle. Phytoplankton at the base of the aquatic food web take up carbon ...

New research suggests that the negative effects of the ozone hole on the carbon uptake of the Southern Ocean are reversible, but only if greenhouse gas emissions rapidly decrease. The study finds that ...

Learn how deep-sea desalination is reshaping freshwater production with reduced energy use, minimal waste, and renewable ...