A groundbreaking study in the journal Science, has unveiled how deep ocean currents—known as global overturning ...

The “megathrust” earthquake’s undersea magnitude was 9.0, recorded as one of the worst in Japan’s history. It began on the Pacific seabed 45 miles away from the eastern coast of Japan, as reported by ...

Imagine walking outside on a blistering summer day only to find your tap water running dry. For millions of Americans living ...

A groundbreaking study in the journal Science, has unveiled how deep ocean currents—known as global overturning ...

If the ocean floor had a nervous system, it might look something like this: thousands of miles of fiber-optic cables ...

Japan’s new earthquake-detection network lengthens warning times, and researchers in Wales have harnessed nuclear blast detectors to gauge tsunami risks. But the U.S. lags in monitoring the massive Ca ...

“The ocean has boundaries that are invisible to us but known to all sorts of microbes and animals that live there,” Hawco said. “The North Pacific Transition Zone is one of these boundaries.

Dangerous tipping points Ocean acidification crosses “planetary boundaries” Crisis facing the world's marine ecosystems is getting worse.

As we celebrate World Ocean Day, new research shows the role that the ocean twilight zone plays in keeping the planet healthy.

A new study reveals that 21% of the ocean has gotten darker over the last two decades, making the photic zone thinner in multiple areas.

Intertidal habitats are important not only for the ecosystem services they provide but also because they represent a key ecotone between land and ocean. In this paper we explore the synergistic use of ...