A Relentless Storm Pattern Is Making Arctic Sea Ice Disappear Faster
Aerial view of newly formed sea ice in the Arctic. Credit: Alfred Wegener Institute / IceCam / Stefan…
Underwater Cameras Expose the Secret Lives of Whale Sharks
Shark-mounted cameras reveal that whale sharks feed far beyond the surface, using diverse strategies from shallow krill pursuits…
Stanford Scientists Solve a 252-Million-Year-Old Mass Extinction Mystery
Representative samples of the modern fauna (left three samples) and the Paleozoic fauna (right four samples). Credit: Sarah…
Rare Goblin Shark Spotted Alive in Its Natural Habitat for the First Time
Goblin shark near Tonga Trench (2024). Credit: Minderoo-University of Western Australia Deep-Sea Research Center and Inkfish. Scientists have…
Hidden Warm Water Beneath Antarctica Could Rapidly Raise Global Sea Levels
Scientists have uncovered a hidden process beneath Antarctica that could make future sea level rise much worse than…
Giant Squid Detected off Western Australia in Stunning Deep-Sea Discovery
A deep-sea expedition off the Ningaloo coast has revealed hidden biodiversity in submarine canyons, including evidence of giant…
Warming Oceans Could Trigger a Dangerous Methane Surge
Ocean microbes may produce more methane as warming waters become nutrient-starved. This unexpected process could accelerate climate change…
NASA Satellite Captures First-Ever High-Res View of Massive Pacific Tsunami
A powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula sent a tsunami racing across the Pacific—and for the…
New satellite-based AI approach reveals ocean currents in unprecedented detail
A new study describes an artificial intelligence-powered technique that can measure ocean surface currents over broad areas in…
Gulf Of Mexico Blue Hole Harbors High Levels Of Novel Microbial Lineages
A diver’s view looking up to the opening of Amberjack Hole. Image courtesy of Mote Marine Laboratory via…
World-first deep-ocean landers to hunt down origins of dark oxygen
Researchers have unveiled two world-first deep-ocean landers designed to probe the origins of dark oxygen, which is produced…
Scientists Found the Deepest Known Arctic Vent—and It’s Teeming With Life
Beneath cold, high-pressure oceans, water and gas molecules clump together into crystalline solids called gas hydrates. During a…