Europa’s subsurface ocean might be getting fed after all. Scientists found that salty, nutrient-rich surface ice can become ...

Each year, vast blooms of phytoplankton spread across the Southern Ocean, drawing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and ...

New research reveals how ocean viruses burst algae cells, fueling a subsurface oxygen band through rapid microbial recycling.

In what may be the world's first-ever recorded sighting, a black seadevil — anglerfish known for living thousands of feet beneath the ocean's surface where the light no longer touches — was caught on ...

Moninya Roughan receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Australia’s sea surface temperatures were the warmest on record last year, according to a snapshot of the nation’s climate which ...

WASHINGTON — An eerie deep-sea creature made a surprising appearance near the ocean’s surface last week. Condrik Tenerife, a shark ocean research organization, spotted a humpback anglerfish while the ...

The ocean is blue because water absorbs colors in the red part of the light spectrum. Like a filter, this leaves behind colors in the blue part of the light spectrum for us to see. When sunlight hits ...

Every calendar year since 2019, ocean temperatures have reached new record highs. 2025 was no exception, according to a new ...

Understanding what is happening deep beneath the ocean surface is key to understanding the weather patterns we are ...

Sea Surface Salinity (SSS) is a fundamental parameter in the study of the Earth’s climate system, influencing ocean circulation, air–sea interactions and the global water cycle. Advances in satellite ...

Scientists say Greenland’s sinking sea levels will have a ripple effect on coastal communities, shipping routes, fishing and ...