Han’s team estimates that the area covered by salty seawater in this Southern Indian Ocean region has shrunk by about 30% over the past 60 years. They describe it as the fastest freshening seen ...

This story has elevated Big Sur Holy Weed into a rarefied status in the legal weed world. The strain was featured in a UC Berkeley oral history project, and the state of California is even spending ...

The deep sea is integral in ocean cycling processes that carry nutrients and oxygen all over our planet. This underexplored realm is the basis of food chains that sustain billions of people and helps ...

The question is no longer whether China will take part in global ocean governance, but whether it aims to shape it-- and potentially lead it.

What started out as an underwater, late-night adventure for marine biology students became a dive they would never forget ...

For centuries, it was believed that the production of oxygen relied on one component: photosynthesis (the conversion of light energy into chemical energy). Plants and algae use sunlight to convert ...

State Route 1, as it’s officially known, stretches from the sun-soaked beaches of Dana Point in Orange County to the towering redwoods near Leggett in Mendocino County.

Massive Underwater Mountain Surpassing the Size of 'Mount Olympus' Found by Oceanographers ...

It’s long been believed that the waters of the Antarctic Ocean are too cold for sharks, but newly-released video contradicts that. A sleeper shark was spotted swimming along the sea floor there.

In ordinary circumstances coral reefs are among the most productive ecosystems on Earth, built slowly by animals that appear to be plants. Each coral polyp houses microscopic algae that convert ...

The U.S. military has killed 11 people in recent strikes on three boats allegedly transporting drugs in the eastern Pacific and the Caribbean Sea.

Yachats is surrounded by natural beauty, from the rocky coastline to the tide pools to the various trails that wind through ...