From more frequent wildfires to rising sea levels, climate change is disrupting ecosystems and upending once-stable weather patterns. One particularly alarming consequence of rising global ...

Researchers measuring the salinity of the Southern Ocean did find unexpected results, but some online reports got the details ...

These oceanfront restaurants in North Carolina serve seafood so fresh, you can taste the salt air—complete with stunning ...

A team of scientists put together a global database of submarine mud volcanoes. Orders of magnitude more are still bubbling, ...

Plastic waste pollutes oceans across all regions of the world. Marine animals may become entangled in larger plastic debris ...

Earth's largest waterfall, Denmark Strait cataract, is located in Arctic waters between Iceland and Greenland and is roughly ...

Researchers have uncovered that both ocean currents and atmospheric changes contribute equally to a cold patch in the North ...

Nanoplastics—particles smaller than a human hair—can pass through cell walls and enter the food web. New research suggest 27 million metric tons of nanoplastics are spread across just the top layer of ...

Scientists found invisible plastic pollution across the North Atlantic Ocean. These particles harm both wildlife and humans.

The reality of what lies within our oceans has fascinated people since time immemorial, so it’s no wonder we’ve created countless myths about the watery depths. But step aside, Atlantis, scientists ...

Researchers have modeled sea level changes on thousand-year timescales for the past 540 million years. These insights offer ...

Satellite imagery has revealed a yet-to-be-explained rise in the Southern Ocean's salinity. It could be a key factor in the ...