A new study reveals that microplastics are impairing the oceans' ability to absorb carbon dioxide, a process scientists find ...

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is the system of currents responsible for shuttling warm water ...

Encouraged by these results, Dudin, Dey, Guichard, and Hamel launched a close collaboration. Three years later, their work has produced near-encyclopedic insight into hundreds of protist species and ...

Experts report that deep ocean heat fueled by climate change is making Category 6- level hurricanes increasingly possible.

Long before whales and sharks, enormous marine reptiles dominated the oceans with unmatched power. Scientists have reconstructed a 130-million-year-old marine ecosystem from Colombia and found ...

Whale ancestors were terrestrial mammals that walked on four legs. This bone structure that helped them walk eventually ...

A dense Arctic bonebed shows marine life and ocean food webs recovered far faster than scientists once believed after mass ...

Deep ocean hot spots packed with heat are making the strongest hurricanes and typhoons more likely—and more dangerous. These ...

For ages, Earth has been known as a blue planet, a vision largely shaped by the vast oceans that cover three-quarters of its surface. But what if this wasn't always the case, and our oceans used to be ...

Oceans cover most of our planet, but we still have a lot to learn about this incredible ecosystem. Brush up on your knowledge of our watery world for World Oceans Day. Earth is the only known planet ...

Oceans Calling Festival is scheduled to return to Ocean City, Maryland, in 2026. Festival organizers have confirmed calendar ...