Vanguard, a new subsea human habitat, will immerse researchers for weeks, allowing them to observe the ocean’s complexity and ...

In a step toward better understanding how the ocean sequesters carbon, new findings from UC Santa Barbara researchers and collaborators challenge the current view of how carbon dioxide is "fixed" in ...

In the darkness nearly a mile beneath the ocean’s surface, where the pressure would crush a human and temperatures hover just above freezing, a creature with wings wider than a car glides through the ...

Scientists trace ancient deep-sea changes in the Southern Ocean to explain how rising CO₂ helped warm Earth after the last ...

Perhaps it was hiding from predators. Or trying to catch food. Then again, maybe it just wanted to be left alone.

Under the surface of the ocean, "constellations" of towering subsea mountains dot the Earth – and they are teeming with ...

The uniquely vulnerable West Antarctic Ice Sheet holds enough water to raise global sea levels by 5 meters. But when that ...

Scientists fear warming is driving a collapse in the ocean currents that shape climate far and wide. The ice-choked waters ...

Early in Levi Unema’s career as an electrical engineer, he was presented with an unusual opportunity. While working on ...

Far below the familiar blue of the oceans, scientists are uncovering evidence of a vast hidden reservoir of water locked inside the rocks of Earth’s mantle. Rather than a single underground sea, this ...

Ocean plastic has hit a critical point in 2025, threatening turtles, whales, and seabirds. See which solutions still offer hope.

Here's the description with all links and additional text removed: What gives the ocean its distinct, sometimes pungent smell? It turns out the answer is more than just dead fish or salt: it’s the ...