High pressure in the deep ocean may squeeze nutrients from sinking “marine snow,” feeding deep-sea microbes and altering how ...

As deep-sea waters warm, scientists expected trouble for the microbes that help keep ocean chemistry in balance. Instead, researchers found that Nitrosopumilus maritimus can adapt to warmer, ...

New research paints the extent of human pollution across the planet's oceans: Pesticides and pharmaceuticals make up a large ...

Pinks, the smallest Pacific salmon species, are booming. That's spelled trouble for other fish species struggling for ...

Fiddler crabs in mangrove forests eat and degrade microplastics into nanoplastics, offering clues to the "missing plastic ...

Forest to coast. Coast to reef. Reef to ocean. Ocean back to land. It is the chain of life in motion, each link depending on ...

Many insects live in fresh water, or close to the sea in salt marsh and beach habitats. There are also several species of water striders in the genus Halobates, which live on the ocean’s surface, far ...

With growing interest in mining critical metals from the seafloor, countries are now negotiating international rules. The Trump administration is forging ahead on its own, speeding up environmental ...

A seemingly small planetary neighbor may play a larger role in Earth’s climate than previously thought. Mars is only about ...

DoE shark research team taking measurements from black tip shark (file photo credit: Raino Van Niekerk) (CNS): A new three-year study on the vulnerable life-stages of sharks and a concerning ...

South Australia’s diving industry is on the verge of collapse amid the algal bloom disaster, with a new report finding it has cost $250m since it started last year.

They feed us, protect us from storms, shape our culture, and quietly support our economy—yet they are disappearing faster than almost any other ecosystem on Earth.