The continental shelf sometimes extends for hundreds of miles out to sea. Coral reefs, benthic life, and a huge variety of ocean fish take advantage of these shallow waters, nutrient-rich and ...

Sea levels surged in 2024, rising faster than expected due to warming oceans. Unlike previous years, where melting ice ...

Sea ice melt is not a significant contributor to sea level rise, but its contribution is not nothing, either. Sea ice is ...