Marine

A tiny aquatic animal is offering scientists a new explanation for one of biology’s most persistent mysteries: how a mother’s...

Municipal wastewater sludge is usually treated as a costly by-product—something that must be dewatered, transported and ultimately disposed of. A...

In the high Arctic, the ocean may be sending more than salt into the sky. New balloon measurements above Ny-Ålesund,...

Massive blooms of Sargassum are usually treated as a coastal crisis. When the floating seaweed washes ashore in enormous quantities,...

A handful of tiny, tooth-like scales recovered from ancient reef sediments is offering scientists an unprecedented way to estimate how...

Phytoplankton may be microscopic, but their influence reaches from the surface of the ocean to the global climate system. These...

For decades, climate scientists have warned that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC, could weaken dramatically—and potentially collapse—if global...

For thousands of years, the Anindilyakwa people have maintained a close cultural, practical and spiritual relationship with the waters surrounding...

Scientists exploring the seamounts off Costa Rica’s Pacific coast have identified a bright yellow, tree-shaped coral so genetically and anatomically...

Marine heatwaves are emerging as a major human health threat, with a new commentary warning that prolonged periods of unusually...