Spooky New Photos Show the Alien Creatures of the Deep Ocean
The research vessel Falkor has recently completed a three-week mission off the coast of Costa Rica, during which it…
Climate Change Is Causing Earth's Oceans to Change Color
Climate change is turning the planet into something alien. As a striking case in point, a new study predicts that the…
Monster 78-Foot Wave Recorded in the Southern Ocean
At 78 feet tall, and churned by a fierce storm, it’s the largest wave ever recorded in the southern hemisphere, New…
Missing Flight MH370 Inspires New Way to Locate Ocean Impacts
The Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 investigation has been reopened with the help of a private firm. Its incomplete…
An Enormous Hole in Antarctica’s Sea Ice Could Help Solve a Climate Riddle
An enormous hole in the the wintertime sea ice surrounding Antarctica is attracting considerable scientific attention.…
Sad New Deep Sea Shark Reminds Us We Can't All Be Great Whites
The tiger shark patrols the seas alone at night, prepared to eat anything from a bird to a dolphin. The goblin shark…
Australia Releases Trove of Scientific Data from Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 Search
It can be hard to look for the bright side in a tragedy. But resolving tragedies often requires an immense amount of…
An Enormous Deep Sea 'Desert' Is Teeming With New Forms of Life
It doesn’t have towering canopies or jewel-toned corals, but an enormous region of the eastern Pacific that was long…
Scientists Discover Mysterious Purple Blob at the Bottom of the Ocean
We’re not saying it’s aliens, but a team of scientists has just discovered a glowing purple orb at the bottom of the…
New Simulation Extends Possible Crash Site of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370
Italian researchers have used the location of confirmed debris from Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370, which disappeared…
El Niño Gives California Crabs
This year’s monster El Niño is truly a monster—it’s been blamed for killing coral reefs. Add another die-off to the…
The Oceans Are Running Low on Oxygen
File this under definitely not good: global warming is depleting the oceans of oxygen. You know, that little molecule…
Deep-Diving Robot Discovers Mysterious and Adorable Octopus Species
Would you just look at him? Sprung to life out of a Pixar movie, the ghostly little fella pictured above was discovered…
First Audio Recordings From the Bottom of the Mariana Trench are Nightmare Fuel
Deep rumbles, unearthly moans, high pitched screeching: these are but a few elements of the alien soundscape…
We Know Exactly Where all the Heat From the 'Global Warming Hiatus' Went
You might remember hearing about the global warming “hiatus” a few years back—a pause in Earth’s inexorably rising…
Meet NASA’s Newest Ocean-Exploring Satellite Before it Launches Tomorrow
SpaceX is launching the planet’s newest oceanographic satellite tomorrow morning. Here’s the scoop on Jason-3, and how…
New XPrize Encourages Robotic Ocean Exploration
We know surprisingly little about our oceans. To help with this glaring blind spot, the XPrize has announced a new $7…
This Is How the Ocean Makes Earth Livable
Seventy percent of Earth’s surface is ocean, and without it, the other 30 percent would barely be inhabitable. The…
Here's How we Started Measuring the Oceans from Space
February 8, 1973: Biologist Ellen Weaver creates a sensor package to measure ocean temperature and detect chlorophyll…
After the Supermoon, Comes the Supertide
Many locations along the UK, US and Australian coasts will experience their highest tides for tens of years around…