When most people hear the phrase "ocean acidification," they think of coral reefs, shellfish or declining fisheries. Those ...

As scientists around the world closely monitor the possible development of a powerful "Super El Niño," a new study suggests ...

Plastic pollution has become a global environmental crisis, with an estimated 11 million tons of plastic entering the oceans ...

A patch of water south of Greenland and Iceland has cooled by nearly 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit since 1900. A new study suggests ...

Sea ice loss seems to have triggered a decline in the nutrient nitrate, affecting the tiny organisms that form the ...

Earlier study of the region had shown that the spreading in the area occurs at an average rate of a bit over 60 millimeters a ...

Bloomberg Philanthropies has identified a funding shortfall in the implementation of many country's ocean protection plans.

A marine heat wave covering an area eight times the size of the United States could soon fuel serious storms and extreme heat ...

Ocean warming triggered more than 200 marine impacts worldwide, many occurring in cooler months that monitoring programs often overlook.

A strengthening El Niño over record-hot oceans could reshape weather worldwide. Here’s what it means, how it affects us, and ...

The government has abandoned plans to dismantle a deep-ocean observation network that scientists have used to track changes in the ocean environment.

Scientists observed a mid-ocean ridge widen in real time, recording several metres of sea-floor motion and huge lava outflows ...