Antarctica is the world's great cooling unit. This vital part of Earth's climate system is largely powered by the annual ...

Marine life plays a pivotal role in Earth's carbon cycle. Phytoplankton at the base of the aquatic food web take up carbon ...

Experts used satellite imaging and computer models to study how light penetrates the ocean. They focused on the photic zone — ...

Satellite data reveals 21% of oceans have darkened, affecting photic zones and marine life. Researchers warn of severe ...

In the twilight depths of the Gulf of Mexico, about as deep down as a football field is long, U.S. Navy divers carefully snip ...

Almost all life in the ocean depends on the upper waters where sunlight filters in, known as the photic zone – but new ...

Researchers say more than a fifth of the planet’s ocean — which makes up 70 percent of the surface of the Earth — has been ...

Mass spectrometry, a powerful tool for studying tiny molecules, has long helped scientists unlock secrets hidden in plants, ...

Scientists, who have spent more than a decade examining the impact of artificial light at night on the world's coasts and oceans, have shown that more than one-fifth of the global ocean -- an area ...

Increasingly, however, talking with the animals is becoming less of a fantasy. This doesn’t just invite some fantastic ...

As demand for electricity grows every year, a solar field east of Calgary provides a glimpse into the future of the solar ...