Yachts equipped with high-tech but user-friendly environmental DNA kits are building a more comprehensive picture of how life ...

GOES-East satellite observations and machine learning have, for the first time, connected this observed structure to the much more difficult problem of observing ocean currents. Credit: Luc ...

An ancient ocean retained oxygen despite global warming, revealing unexpected insights into oceanic climate change.

Panama’s Pacific coast has a rhythm fishermen have counted on for generations. Every dry season, when the trade winds build and push offshore, the ocean transforms. Cold water rises from the deep, ...

A global analysis of more than 2,300 seawater samples found that largely unmonitored industrial compounds are widespread ...

To celebrate World Ocean Day 2026, the National Maritime Museum is publishing a new illustrated book, The Ocean Map, and hosting a free festival inviting families to explore the wonders of the ocean.

Coastal waters from San Francisco to Baja California are experiencing a record-breaking marine heat wave. A marine heat wave is a prolonged period of unusually warm ocean temperatures that can disrupt ...

The shifting patterns of ocean currents shape our climate and weather. Even today, understanding how ocean currents behave is challenging. But researchers have developed an AI tool that can map ...

The new deep-sea atlas underscores Beijing’s interest in ocean mining, its military ambitions and its claims to disputed waters. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey A research arm of the Chinese government said ...

SAN DIEGO—With the Colorado River in crisis, Arizona and Nevada are turning to an unconventional lifeline: the ocean water off California’s golden beaches. Both desert states are pursuing a deal with ...