If the oceans go, we go. This is not a metaphor. The oceans produce more than half of the oxygen we breathe, regulate our climate, provide food for billions, and absorb vast amounts of carbon dioxide ...

Ocean waters toward the poles and the equator are now different hues. Warming waters are causing the colors of the ocean to change -- a trend that could impact humans if it were to continue, according ...

The ocean isn’t just water - it’s Earth’s life support system. In this captivating talk, oceanographer Susan Lozier explains ...

There are five oceans recognized in the world, with the Southern Ocean being the most recent. While COVID had our attention, agencies around the world were setting boundaries and officially ...

At this week’s U.N. Oceans Conference in the south of France, delegates need only glance outside the conference hall at the glittering Mediterranean for a stark reminder of the problem they are trying ...

LONDON, June 9 (Reuters) - While many countries have agreed to take steps to protect the vast, ungoverned swathes of the world's oceans, they have yet to see their High Seas Treaty go into effect.

Most people are lucky to simply get a glimpse of some fragment of a whale. A subtle puff of mist over the horizon, the curve of a dark smooth back sliding beneath the surface, or for the fortunate, ...

Climate change, pollution, and fishing are pushing oceans closer to their limits at an unprecedented rate. The pressure of that human impact is expected to double by 2050, according to a new study.

Scientists have spotted something dramatically unusual in the ocean, and it could be a warning sign of things to come. Warm air dances with cold air; cold water chases warm water. It's all a part of a ...

Tiny poops are supposed to sink to the seafloor, locking away carbon. But scientists have found that warm spells are ...