Deep below the surface of the ocean, bacteria and critters that feed off nutrients spouting from hydrothermal vents met with ...

Immerse yourself in 30 seconds of pure ocean relaxation with this soothing video. Experience the calming effect of gentle sea ...

And a perfect wave doesn’t just happen. Beneath the magic and beauty lie the physics in action. Its perfection is born from a ...

Even when wind is blowing out to sea, waves still come ashore as a result of the shape of the ocean basins. "That's the general motion of the ocean, if you will — it pushes water toward the ...

The Southern Ocean (or Antarctic Ocean), for example, is largely unbroken by land, which lets gigantic waves build and build. Waves 25 to 30 feet tall are standard there, she says. In 2018, a buoy ...

Here's how Jorge the sea turtle prepared for the improbable journey—decades after he was found tangled in a fishing net off ...

How hot is the ocean? Sea surface temperatures in many areas outside the polar regions have been warmer than normal since March. In April and May, they were highest on record for those months in a ...

A sick and malnourished California sea lion pup recovered from a beach near Sausalito, Calif., in 2015. Scientists say ocean heat waves are disrupting the food webs of sea lions and other creatures.

On her first dedicated scientific voyage to Antarctica in March, the Australian icebreaker RSV Nuyina found the area sea-ice ...

In a new study, Wu’s team developed and tested a way to use earthquake-generated sound waves traveling across the East Indian Ocean to estimate temperature changes in those waters from 2005 to 2016.

Overall, heat waves are lasting about 17 percent longer than before, and their frequency has increased by about a third. The researchers say that rising ocean temperatures, driven by human-caused ...

The power of the ocean could soon be used to power homes in the U.S. as scientists prepare to test an untapped form of renewable energy. The U.S. Department of Energy has invested $112.5 million ...