Ocean microbes keep the planet healthy by cycling nutrients and capturing carbon, but a detailed and precise map of where they live had never been made—until now.

Last year, deep-sea scientists discovered the phenomenon of “dark oxygen.” This bizarre finding challenges the long-held belief that oxygen is only produced through photosynthesis. Now, scientists are ...

With almost 40 years of experience in physical oceanography and ocean sciences, and having participated in and led over 20 major ocean expeditions and numerous international research projects, Dr.

The deepest parts of the ocean are the least explored places on the planet. In fact, only about 5 percent of the ocean has been explored at all. From what has been explored, we know that the average ...

During the last ice age, the Atlantic Ocean’s powerful current system remained active and continued to transport warm, salty water from the tropics to the North Atlantic despite extensive ice cover ...

Publishing in the journal Environmental Science & Technology, researchers at Kyushu University report that they have developed a new method to more accurately analyze the distribution of small ...

Microplastics are so pervasive they have even been discovered in the deepest known part of the ocean: the Mariana Trench. While it has been long understood that microplastics exist on the surface of ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The ocean covers more than 70% of Earth's surface, yet remarkably, we’ve explored only about 5% of it. Despite this mystery, what we do know reveals just how vital — and ...