In 2022, 196 countries agreed on a plan to do just that: the Global Biodiversity Framework, which – among other targets – commits us to protect and conserve at least 30% of our ocean, land and ...

They do so at a moment of urgency: Our oceans are at a breaking point. The ecosystems that produce half of the oxygen we breathe, and much of the planet's protein, have been pushed to the edge of ...

Nov. 8, 2024 — New research reveals for the first time how a major Antarctic ice shelf has been subjected to increased melting by warming ocean waters over the last four decades. Scientists say ...

Ocean sciences span the physics, chemistry, and biology of marine systems. The field encompasses ocean circulation, energy dissipation, marine biology, ecology, biogeochemical cycles, water mass ...

Things are being discovered under the surface of the Earth’s oceans all the time, from a window into the dawn of time hidden ...

The Atlantic Ocean is cooling at an exponential rate, and nobody is sure why. It's been more than a year of record-high ...

Here’s how it works. In this excerpt from "Into the Great Wide Ocean: Life in the Least Known Habitat on Earth" (Princeton University Press, 2024), author Sönke Johnsen looks at dinner in the ...

A staggering 77% of the world’s coral reef areas — from the Atlantic to the Pacific to the Indian oceans — have so far been subjected to bleaching-level heat stress, according to ...

Forty-four of the world's leading climate scientists have called on Nordic policymakers to address the potentially imminent and "devastating" collapse of key Atlantic Ocean currents. The currents ...

Two people are dead, including a 63-year-old Hollister, Calif., man, and one injured after being swept into the ocean by strong currents this week at Ke Iki Beach in Pupukea on Oahu’s North ...

The warming of oceans due to climate change is one—warmer oceans contain less oxygen, while organisms require more oxygen in hotter waters. An overabundance of seaweed in the Baltic Sea has ...