The ocean around Antarctica is changing in unexpected ways. Since 2015, sea ice surrounding the frozen continent has been ...

Deep below the surface of the ocean, bacteria and critters that feed off nutrients spouting from hydrothermal vents met with ...

Ancient limestones reveal how volcanic carbon once suffocated the oceans - offering a stark warning as modern oxygen levels ...

Most foraminiferan species reside on the seafloor, but paleontologists are particularly interested in planktonic species, ...

In East Africa's Afar Depression, scientists have discovered that fresh lava from deep within the Earth's mantle is driving ...

Oceans are reservoirs of heat energy represented by the heat content or the mean temperature, and are the source of energy for the atmospheric processes. Which process of the atmosphere interacts with ...

However, off the coast of northern Chile, the trench plunges to almost 25,246 ft (8,000 m) below the surface— well within the deepest part of the ocean, known as the Hadal zone.

Many ocean carbon removal methods, like fertilization or biomass sinking, reduce oxygen levels and cause harm to marine ecosystems.

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is establishing 85 temporary safety zones around the construction of individual wind energy facilities during the development of the Sunrise Wind Farm project area. The ...

Our oceans might have entered the danger zone in the year 2020. Previous research suggested that the oceans of Earth were approaching a danger zone for ocean acidification. How Ocean Acidification ...

Researchers filmed the Antarctic gonate squid (Gonatus antarcticus) drifting through the black waters of the ocean's midnight zone, 7,060 feet (2,152 meters) below the surface, on Dec. 25, 2024.

Cook Islands is creating the Pacific’s first Ra’ui To’ora, a dynamic ocean protection zone for whales, within its Marae Moana marine park to safeguard the migratory corridors of the endangered Oceania ...