Scientists map ocean currents to trap floating trash and plastic debris, improving cleanup efforts of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

Stanford researchers discovered that increased meltwater and rainfall account for 60% of the decades-long gap between ...

The Saya de Malha Bank is one of the world’s largest seagrass fields and the planet’s most important carbon sinks. It faces incalculable risks that threaten the future of humanity.

Sea ice extent is at record, and near record, lows for this time of year in both polar regions, leaving the planet ...

A strong storm brewing offshore is causing breaking waves over 30 feet in some areas and creating dangerous ocean conditions.

At 7:24 a.m. on Thursday, the NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA released an updated high surf advisory valid from 3 p.m. until ...

The Mozambique Channel, between Mozambique and Madagascar, is home to some of the most turbulent waters in the ocean.

During a voyage off the east coast of Africa, researchers collected detailed measurements of massive swirling currents that ...

The idea of the tropics expanding into the southern United States might sound like a concept from a science fiction novel.

A new ensemble of marine ecosystem models aims to improve understanding of how climate change will affect the waters ...

Dozens of sea lions and dolphins are suffering from domoic acid poisoning, which can make them dangerously aggressive and ...