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Ocean Health
The salinity of the oceans is not just a matter of taste. Saltier water behaves differently, too.
Thanks to the Coriolis force, hurricanes never cross the equator.
Driven by a childhood marked by war and environmental devastation, Dyhia Belhabib developed an innovative technology to combat illegal fishing.
13.8 columnist Marcelo Gleiser reflects on his recent voyage to Earth's last wild continent.
Seventy-five years after the anomaly's discovery, scientists have finally figured out why sea levels are so much lower here.
If we're going to discuss oceanography and climate change, we should at least identify the currents correctly.
If cocaine affects sharks at all, it does so as an anesthetic, not as a stimulant.
The intensely white coloration of the shrimp is a remarkable feat of bioengineering.
Ocean fertilization is extremely controversial, but if done correctly, it just might work.
An un-crewed sailing drone discovered the unusually shaped, slumbering seamount.
Passing chunks of ice can fertilize ocean waters and play a role in the planet’s carbon cycle.
It’s like radar, but with light. Distributed acoustic sensing — DAS — picks up tremors from volcanoes, quaking ice and deep-sea faults, as well as traffic rumbles and whale calls.
Many countries just ship their plastic waste overseas.
"Ghost gear" leads to hundreds of thousands of animal deaths.
Scuba divers often appear to be swimming through a calm and muffled universe. This couldn't be farther from the truth.
The sky is blue. The oceans are blue. While science can explain them both, the reasons for each are entirely different.
Where the prime meridian meets the equator, a non-existent island captures our imagination — and our non-geocoded data.
At the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society in Michigan, retrieving sunken vessels is the order of the day. Here’s how they do it.
The natural wonders of Mauritius include the spectacular sight of an underwater waterfall. Here's the science of how it works.
Scientists captured it on footage 1.5 miles below the surface.
What was this mammoth tusk doing on the ocean floor 150 miles from land?
The laws of physics aren’t changing. The Earth is. When it comes to any physical science, we know that the fundamental rules governing how the Universe works remain constant with time. […]
Neither one reflects the other; they’re both blue for entirely different reasons. If you’ve ever been curious about the world you live in, you’ve probably wondered why the sky is […]