In fact, the ocean has 50 times more carbon in it than the atmosphere in its natural background state. That carbon is mostly stored as bicarbonate and carbonate. So by increasing that storage ...

though Tharp often remained in the background. Heezen collected sonar data from ships that crossed the Atlantic Ocean. At the ...

Humankind faces catastrophic changes in climate patterns, sea level, ocean acidity, public health, and ecosystems due to climate change. The modern era of climate change research began at Scripps ...

The Atlantic Ocean may begin to shrink, said a new study published in the journal Geology. Oceans are not necessarily a permanent fixture on Earth, as they are able to appear and close due to the ...

Billions of pounds of plastic can be found in swirling convergences that make up about 40 percent of the world's ocean surfaces. At current rates plastic is expected to outweigh all the fish in the ...

(CNN) — More than half a billion years ago on a frigid, ice-covered Earth, glaciers stirred up ingredients for complex life by bulldozing land minerals and then depositing them in the ocean ...

Brad Gonsalves of Columbus took this photo of Essaouria, Morocco, last week. The Atlantic Ocean in the background.

🌊 ‘I’m thankful to God’: A Peruvian fisherman was found alive in the Pacific Ocean after spending 95 days lost at sea. Máximo Napa Castro was heavily dehydrated and in critical condition ...

Now is the time to try out for Delaware's ocean beach patrols ... pass drug screening and undergo a criminal background check. Applicants must be certified in CPR, automated external defibrillator ...