For years, scientists have debated whether a giant thick ice shelf once covered the entire Arctic Ocean during the coldest ...

Even during the coldest 750,000 years, the Arctic Ocean had open water and sustained life thanks to seasonal sea ice. “Our ...

Between 252 and 66 million years ago, the ocean underwent a revolution. That's when plankton with calcium carbonate skeletons colonized the open ocean. When they died, their remains fell like snow ...

Crashing waves, glistening sea spray, a calm expanse of deep blue. These are the images that open “Ocean with David Attenborough,” the veteran broadcaster’s latest film.

In this excerpt from "Into the Great Wide Ocean: Life in the Least Known Habitat on Earth" (Princeton University Press, 2024), author Sönke Johnsen looks at dinner in the deep, where creatures ...

The ocean might be deep and mysterious, but not all of its life is bathed in darkness.Close to 90% of marine ecosystems exist in the ocean's so-called "photic zone," or upper 200 meters (656 feet ...

One single rule helps explain life from ocean depths to open savannas. Umea University. Journal Nature Ecology & Evolution DOI 10.1038/s41559-025-02724-5. Keywords ...

When the Woolsey Fire tore through Malibu in 2018, it dumped thousands of tons of ash into the ocean, which Pondella's team was still finding in Malibu’s reefs five years later.