A blue hole in the sea near Mexico is so deep that humans have yet to reach its bottom. It also has certain conditions that ...

Melting ice shelves and shifting sea ice near Cape Darnley could weaken Antarctic Bottom Water and slow a deep ocean conveyor ...

The dangerous world of big wave surfing is defined by a number of unique and remarkable waves around the globe, and arguably ...

Scientists already knew that the pair of shallow coastal ocean dwellers keep very different schedules of downtime: The ...

A recent study questions the potential for life on Jupiter’s moon Europa, citing a lack of active faulting on its seafloor ...

“In a way, the ocean has been our greatest champion in the fight against climate change,” Glaubke said. “But without a ...

An underwater construction crew working at a depth of 50 meters (164') for more than a few days will most likely participate ...

Despite crushing pressure, total darkness and near-freezing temperatures, researchers found an underwater world teeming with life.

Research shows microplastics are flooding the oceans, lessening their ability to absorb carbon dioxide, a process critical to ...

Oxygen isotopes data enable researchers to look far back into the geologic past and reconstruct the climate of the past. In doing so, they consider several factors such as ocean temperature and ice ...

Like a scene out of a Jules Verne novel, scientists from Schmidt Ocean Institute recently encountered a giant phantom jelly ...