A 2016 report by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation claimed that by 2050 there would be 850 tons of plastic in the oceans and ...

One of the strangest facts in computer science is that it's really hard to generate true random numbers. For a computer, ...

The Saya de Malha Bank is one of the world’s largest seagrass fields and the planet’s most important carbon sinks. It faces incalculable risks that threaten the future of humanity.

Marine ecosystems in the deep ocean show little sign of recovery even decades after experimental mining, according to new ...

Rust can be incredibly annoying if it appears on your new bicycle or car, but if you are a free-floating baby marine animal ...

Until now, only about a quarter of the seafloor has been mapped using ships with special sonar equipment. The rest has ...

Sensors attached to animals gather valuable data to track and mitigate the human influence on marine life. The review paper emphasizes the importance of integrating data from various sources and ...

U.S. Congresswoman Amata Radewagen, who represents American Samoa, has urged the Trump administration to reopen most of an ...

The ocean absorbs nearly a third of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions and 90% of the excess heat generated by that pollution. Whales in turn play a role in the marine carbon cycle ... humpback ...

Winds and weather patterns can push this fog inland, affecting coastal areas like Hampton Roads, the Eastern Shore, and the Outer Banks. The result is often a stark contrast between the cool, foggy ...

Michelle Taylor, a coral expert at the University of Essex and a principal investigator at Ocean Census, said the scope for discovery is immense. “Probably only 10% of marine species have been ...