We know more about the Moon’s surface than Earth’s ocean floor — but that’s changing fast. A NASA-supported team used a ...
The Earth’s oceans, vast and mysterious, cover more than 70% of our planet’s surface. They play a critical role in regulating ...
Scientists map ocean currents to trap floating trash and plastic debris, improving cleanup efforts of the Great Pacific ...
Stanford researchers discovered that increased meltwater and rainfall account for 60% of the decades-long gap between ...
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 ...
As global electricity use grows, the strain on traditional energy sources increases. Renewable options like wind and solar ...
Sea ice extent is at record, and near record, lows for this time of year in both polar regions, leaving the planet ...
A new study analyzed nearly four decades of deep ocean observations to reveal significant cooling and freshening of deep ...
“The law of the sea basically colonized [Pacific peoples’] ocean,” said Frank Murphy, a resident of French Polynesia who ...
A new ensemble of marine ecosystem models aims to improve understanding of how climate change will affect the waters ...
A new study analyzed nearly four decades of deep ocean observations to reveal significant cooling and freshening of deep ...