Explore why coral reefs are collapsing worldwide, the science behind the crisis, and the innovative solutions that may help ...

Claims that the oceans are now driving a new phase of global cooling have surged across social media, but they collide with a ...

Long before whales and sharks, enormous marine reptiles dominated the oceans with unmatched power. Scientists have ...

Salt marshes, those critical habitats that protect coastal towns from flooding, store massive amounts of blue carbon, support fisheries and play a key role in ecological resilience, are struggling to ...

New research reveals how ocean warming triggered the large-scale retreat of the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream ...

A vast number of coastal cities in the U.S. would be submerged in water if sea levels rise 10 feet, according to a map by ...

Seas pile up in some spots, pushed by trade winds or pulled by gravity toward big things like ice sheets. Amid it all, at the ...

Research from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution finds the rate of U.S. coastal sea level rise has more than doubled in ...

Stanford researchers have uncovered evidence that deep underwater earthquakes can spur the growth of massive phytoplankton ...

Along the Atlantic seaboard, a quiet shift in the ocean’s internal machinery is stacking the odds for faster, more punishing ...

Beach living in the American South has long been associated with charm, warm weather, and relaxed coastal culture, but rising ...

Oxygen began entering Earth's oceans around 2.32 billion years ago, and shallow seas followed within a few million years.