The deep scattering layer (DSL) is a vast, shifting band of marine life that typically lies between 300 and 1,000 meters below the ocean surface. It’s made up of countless small fish, squid, and ...

It’s wild to think that dust from an African desert can not only impact everything from our air quality to sunsets in the U.S., but also suppress hurricane activity across the Atlantic and Gulf.It’s ...

Our oceans are incredible scientific marvels, and there’s a lot to learn about these amazing bodies of water. You may have ...

The foggy season has arrived in San Diego, often called May Gray and June Gloom. But how does it form, and why does it clear some days and not others?

New research from UEA shows the Southern Ocean's ability to absorb carbon dioxide is declining as greenhouse gases increase.

These synthetic materials have now become part of both the life and carbon cycles, from the surface to the deepest parts of ...

In 2024, two-thirds of sea level rise was caused by thermal expansion of liquid seawater, NASA found, despite the loss of ...

Enormous "mud waves" buried under the Atlantic seabed formed 117 million years ago as the Atlantic Ocean opened up.

Researchers have made micro plastic measurements in the Atlantic Ocean for the first time. In the first 200 meters of the water layer, they estimate that there are approximately 12 to 21 million ...

While it has been long understood that microplastics exist on the surface of oceans, a team of researchers from four continents has found plastic waste throughout all ocean layers. A new study ...