Manu Prakash works on the world’s most urgent problems and seemingly frivolous questions at the same time. They add up to a ...

Located about 600 kilometers off the coast of West Africa, the Cape Verde Archipelago is a biodiversity hotspot in the middle ...

The deep seafloor remains a mystery—only 0.001% has been seen. We live on an ocean world. Yet we know surprisingly little ...

The World War II bomber Heaven Can Wait was shot down off the Pacific island of New Guinea on March 11, 1944. All 11 men ...

To reconstruct Viking seafaring, Jarrett took to the sea himself. He piloted clinker-built boats along Norway’s western coast, including vessels like the fembøring and the faering —traditional designs ...

Coral reefs are vital to marine biodiversity, but their livelihood is under threat due to climate instability and the impacts of human activities.

Satellite data reveals a concerning shift in ocean color, with over half the world's surface changing in the last two decades ...

Marine biologists hope to find out more about a creature that is vital to a healthy ecosystem and the state’s fishery ...

If you just want to study the ocean, pick any university. But if you want to explore it, film it, tag it, cross it — choose Rutgers University–New Brunswick. At its Department of Marine and Coastal ...

Experts warn that cuts to US scientific agencies that would hurt other nations’ abilities to accurately forecast the weather.

The Trump administration is undermining the collection and distribution of essential weather and climate information, right ...

These synthetic materials have now become part of both the life and carbon cycles, from the surface to the deepest parts of the oceans ...