Sargassum season, when the noxious seaweed begins washing up on Mexico’s Caribbean coastline, has begun earlier than expected this year.

A new study, led by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and Columbia University, identifies a diverse set of ...

Becky O'Brien always wanted to work with ocean life, but she didn't realize she'd be able to do the job in the middle of the ...

A study reveals that geoengineering plans to save polar ice would not work and could cause environmental damage.

If you go down to the Mariana Islands today, you could be in for a big surprise. That is certainly the case for marine ...

An international research team led by biochemist Jarmo Kali at UC Riverside has found that human-made organic molecules now account for a significant share of the chemical signature in coastal ocean ...

As climate change pushes heat deeper into the ocean, scientists have been concerned about disruptions to marine life’s delicate balance. But new research suggests that a key microbe, Nitrosopumilus ...

A Maine-based chef has taken the problem of an invasive species into his own hands while feeding hungry diners. Jeremy Sewall ...

Known as the Sargasso Sea, sailors have crossed it for centuries, but few notice the border when they slip into glassy indigo ...

At the New Orleans Book Festival, award-winning science journalist and author Peter Brannen warned about the consequences of ...

As policymakers meet in Jamaica to develop regulations for mineral exploitation in international waters, Solomon Pili Kahoʻohalahala highlights what’s at stake for Pacific cultures.

The fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet union once kindled hopes for a more peaceful world. Those hopes were brutally tested by the attacks of 11 September 2001, and subsequent ...