Antarctic sea ice is shrinking faster than expected. New research shows how winds, ocean heat, and feedback loops caused this ...

For decades, Antarctica seemed to defy global warming. Since satellites began monitoring the poles in the late 1970s, the ...

Their results, published in the journal Science Advances, suggest algae could be part of a brighter, more sustainable future.

The biological productivity of the Southern Ocean in the summertime is substantially greater than many previous estimates have suggested, according to new airborne research by the U.S. National ...

Zinc from industry and fossil fuel combustion reaches even the most remote oceans, as researchers at ETH Zurich have shown.

The world’s largest animal migration and ocean gyres play vital roles in the global carbon cycle. Scientists went into the ...

Scientists have uncovered new insights into how plankton, especially phytoplankton, regulate Earth's climate by capturing carbon, cycling nutrients, and influencing greenhouse gas emissions. Recent ...

The agency removed a Biden-era section of its website that explained how the ocean could “alleviate certain impacts of climate change.” EPA is allowing a first-of-its-kind marine carbon dioxide ...

The tropical ocean may be closer to a biological tipping point than scientists once thought. New research examining fossil algae from ancient tropical seas shows that plankton communities stayed ...

Last August, a team of researchers from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) poured more than 16,000 gallons of a caustic solution into federal waters off the coast of Massachusetts. Their ...

Hurricane Idalia did more than tear across Florida’s coastline in August 2023. It reshaped the Gulf’s biological and chemical structure from the surface down to 50 meters below, and autonomous ocean ...