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

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

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

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

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