When the crew aboard an ocean science expedition learned that an iceberg the size of Chicago had broken off from an Antarctic ...

Scientists aboard the R/V Falkor (too) discovered a hidden Antarctic ecosystem after iceberg A-84 broke from the George VI ...

NASA and the French space agency CNES's SWOT satellite provides researchers with the tools to create the most accurate ocean maps yet.

With the icebergs covering the seafloor, organisms below the shelf cannot get nutrients for survival from the surface. The ...

An international team on board Schmidt Ocean Institute’s R/V Falkor (too) working in the Bellingshausen Sea rapidly pivoted ...

Scientists have determined that at least six new aquatic species have been thriving under an Antarctic ice shelf.

By coring the seabed at 850 m water depth in Disko Bay off Greenland's west coast, researchers from the University of ...

Ocean ecosystems play a critical role in carbon ... bodies either becomes part of the food chain or sinks to the ocean floor. Carbon is stored At the bottom of the ocean, bacteria works to ...

After more than a decade of negotiations, a new round of talks to finalize a code to regulate deep-sea mining in ...

Hurricanes move massive amounts of sediment from shallow reefs to deep oceans, affecting ecosystems long-term.

Hurricanes can be incredibly damaging to aquatic ecosystems. As a storm "grows ... "Animals that are fixed to the ocean floor, like anemones and sponges, can die by being smothered in sand or ...