Over a 16-month period, divers, underwater submersibles and remotely operated vehicles found 886 marine species that have all been deemed new to science.

Image: CC BY-NC-SA Schmidt Ocean Institute A team of researchers has discovered macroscopic life beneath the seafloor of the deep ocean, one of Earth’s most extreme environments.

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As NASA's Ocean Worlds program demonstrates, the quest for water is a quest for ourselves, for life in the universe, and for a deeper understanding of our place in it.

For years, scientists have debated whether a giant thick ice shelf once covered the entire Arctic Ocean during the coldest ice ages. Now, a new study published in Science Advances challenges this ...

How noise pollution disrupts ocean life Our podcast on science and technology. Human industry is drowning out the ocean’s soundscape. New tech could help turn down the volume ...

Between 252 and 66 million years ago, the ocean underwent a revolution. That's when plankton with calcium carbonate skeletons colonized the open ocean. When they died, their remains fell like snow ...

When the Woolsey Fire tore through Malibu in 2018, it dumped thousands of tons of ash into the ocean, which Pondella's team was still finding in Malibu’s reefs five years later.

Malibu’s ocean life isn’t safe from fire, and the worst effects are yet to come By Evan Jacoby Published Feb 1, 2025 5:00 AM ...