As summer warms Istanbul's waters, the megacity's authorities are having to battle a noxious algal bloom dubbed "sea snot".

The shift could accelerate climate change for the whole planet.

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Science Media Centre. Fresher, cooler surface waters had helped sea ice expand for more than thirty years, but the new satellite data shows this reversed a decad ...

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Every yacht in this summer’s Ocean Race Europe will double as a floating laboratory, gathering vital ocean data as crews ...

The ocean around Antarctica is rapidly getting saltier at the same time as sea ice is retreating at a record pace.

In recent years, the Southern Ocean has undergone one of the most dramatic environmental shifts observed anywhere on Earth.

Salt water actually changes the properties of human skin in ways that explain why your face feels like leather after a day at ...

Scientists have been struggling to understand why Antarctic sea ice has declined rapidly and continues to decline. Read more ...

New research explores the wide-ranging consequences of record low summer sea ice in Antarctica. From more ocean warming to extra icebergs, it’s bad news we must hear.

A study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that increases in salinity in seawater ...