By Claire Turrell Samoa, an archipelagic country composed of nine islands in the South Pacific Ocean, is on the frontline of climate change. Rising sea levels, ocean warming and acidification all pose ...

Deep-sea mining in a remote part of the Pacific Ocean could harm ocean life including whales and dolphins, new research shows ...

On occasion, it is of vital importance to consider how little we know about the spinning rock we all live on. Take coral ...

Volcanic islands, such as those in Hawaii and the Caribbean, are often fringed by coral reefs – ring-shaped structures that ...

Scientists are conducting a pioneering large-scale deep-sea coral restoration in the Gulf of Mexico following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, which damaged 1,994 square kilometers (770 ...

Scientists have mapped the largest coral reef deep in the ocean, stretching hundreds of miles off the U.S. coast. Researchers have known since the 1960s that some coral were present off the ...

As we celebrate World Ocean Day, ... We’ve learned that to protect ourselves, we need to protect this mysterious deep-sea area that regulates our climate and powers important ocean businesses.

To put that in perspective, 66 percent of the planet is deep ocean, and 99.999 percent of that ocean is unknown to us. Like ecosystems on land, the sea has a complex food web. Most of life in the sea ...

Researchers found that reef passes provide circulation to corals by allowing saltwater and maintain their health by transporting nutrients.