The oceans play a pivotal role in drawing down atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂) and have so far acted as a brake on the full ...

Coral reefs, benthic life, and a huge variety of ocean fish take advantage of these shallow waters, nutrient-rich and warmed by the Sun. Within a hundred meters of the surface, there's enough ...

Observing a tolerably smooth patch of water with this held in front of the eye at approximately the polarising angle with the surface of the sea, the reflection of the sky may be quenched by a ...

The newly described species of sea slug dwells in darkness in the ocean’s midnight zone, using a hood to capture prey with a ...

To date, the deepest point ever reached by man is 35,858 feet below the surface of the ocean. But, as I'm sure you can imagine, this is no easy feat. In fact, it's rather impressive. Scientists ...

Researchers have uncovered inaccuracies in historical ocean temperature data, revealing that early 20th-century ocean ...

César Gaviria & Patti Harris warn that current marine protected areas come nowhere close to what is needed to preserve sea ...

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the ocean traditionally functions as a "carbon sink" that ...

The oceans play a big role in preventing the Earth from getting even hotter due to climate change. That's thanks to the ocean ...

A new study shows that the oceans were less cold in the early 20th century (1900--1930) than previously thought. During this period the ocean appears too cold due to the way some measurements were ...

Researchers were baffled by a bioluminescent mollusk that lives in the deep ocean. They just discovered it's a new species of ...