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

A diver surveys a coral reef on Nov, 27, 2017 near the Comoros archipelago, Indian Ocean.Alexis Rosenfeld—Getty Images When the world’s first marine reserves were established in the 1920s, Jacques ...

Did you know that the ocean produces approximately half of the world's oxygen? Or that key medicines have come from ocean discoveries, like a painkiller found in a sea snail? It's all true! And so is ...

Earth’s oceans reached their highest heat levels on record in 2025, absorbing vast amounts of excess energy from the atmosphere. This steady buildup has accelerated since the 1990s and is now driving ...