Case in point: Scientists from Tokyo University and Hokkaido University in Japan stumbled across some mysterious jet-black ...

This previously unknown symbiotic relationship helps keep methane—a major greenhouse gas—trapped in the ocean.

New research from the University of Victoria (UVic) highlights how marine heat waves can dramatically impact marine ...

Over a 16-month period, divers, underwater submersibles and remotely operated vehicles found 886 marine species that have all been deemed new to science.

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It’s one of the earliest things you learn in elementary school science class—Earth’s life-sustaining oxygen is produced by plants and algae during photosynthesis using a combination of ...

And citizens must advocate for sustained investments in ocean science that transcend political cycles. The ocean’s future — and our own — depends on our willingness to pursue what is vital ...

Dec. 6, 2023 — The ocean is a global life-support system, and climate change causes such as ocean warming, acidification, deoxygenation, and nitrogen-deposition alter the delicate microbial ...

It comes as ocean action has never been more essential. It will require leadership from every sector, including business, government and science. The question is whether we can turn shared ...

Forecasting the Ocean: The 2025–2035 Decade of Ocean Science Understanding and anticipating change in the ocean, and how it will affect marine ecosystems and humans, has never been more urgent. Over ...