New research finds an estimated 27 million tons of nanoplastics in the North Atlantic, raising concerns for marine ecosystems and human health.

Harmful algae blooms have been rapidly producing in a place previously too cold to host the toxin: the Arctic.

A startup called Gigablue claims to have reached a milestone by selling 200,000 carbon credits for its ocean-based carbon ...

It was remarkable and moving. Leaders listening to science. The final communiqué from UNOC3 suggests leaders did listen. The communiqué is entitled: "Our ocean, our future: united for urgent ...

Most foraminiferan species reside on the seafloor, but paleontologists are particularly interested in planktonic species, ...

A new research published in the journal Nature suggests that while the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is expected to weaken this century due to climate change, a full collapse ...

According to a study published in Nature Geoscience on July 22, natural mineral deposits known as polymetallic nodules located at the bottom of the ocean appear capable of generating oxygen ...

An international team of researchers has discovered that metallic minerals on the deep-ocean floor produce oxygen -- 13,000 feet below the surface. Discovery challenges long-held assumptions that ...

Community science is a process by which anyone can contribute to a scientific investigation by being one of many individuals ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of Short Wave about chimpanzee "conversations," oxygen from the bottom of the ocean and how a computer program may warn of rogue waves.

A new paper published August 21 in Nature provides new evidence to support this theory, ... explains to Popular Science, one key aspect of the theory is the “lunar magma ocean hypothesis.” ...