The planet’s temperature is no longer suitable for the life and flourishing of coral reefs. In the report “Global Tipping Points 2025,” 160 leading scientists from 23 countries warned that…

The Bermuda Triangle is a section of the Atlantic Ocean that has long been synonymous with missing ships and planes. Entire crews have vanished here, and the reasons behind these…

Due to climate change, the oceans are becoming increasingly acidic. This, in turn, is causing shark teeth to deteriorate at an alarming rate. This alarming finding comes from researchers at…

These isolated waves, towering at 20 meters (or more), suddenly appear in the open ocean. They exist for a brief moment, typically less than a minute, before vanishing. Due to…

Renowned Croatian freediver Vitomir Maričić took a deep breath of pure oxygen and submerged himself in a hotel pool in Opatija. Holding his breath, he remained underwater for 29 minutes…

Almost all ocean life depends on the upper layers of water where sunlight reaches, called the photic zone. A new study shows that this narrow window of light is shrinking…

A study from Aarhus University in Denmark has revealed that mercury pollution from a century ago, from coal burning and gold mining, continues to poison the Arctic environment. Despite global…

An international team announced a discovery made during an expedition aboard the research vessel Falkor, operated by the Schmidt Ocean Institute (USA). Near the South Sandwich Islands, they filmed a…

Amazing satellite images reveal a gigantic, nearly perfect cloud circle that formed in the heart of the Pacific Ocean over a decade ago. While this type of cloud formation isn’t…

Researchers exploring the deep ocean captured footage of a spider the size of a dinner plate wandering along the seafloor near the South Sandwich Islands—a chain of volcanic islands close…

In 2022, during a survey of the Liliʻuokalani Ridge in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument (PMNM), which stretches north of the Hawaiian Islands, the research vessel Nautilus made an unexpected…

Danish scientists have issued a paradoxical forecast about our continued reliance on energy sources that emit greenhouse gases. They warn that critical ocean currents that move heat, cold, and precipitation…

Over the past two decades, satellite images show the Earth’s oceans changing color, and researchers say climate change is the likely cause. U.S. and U.K. scientists analyzed images from this…

Evidence of a shoreline hidden deep beneath the Red Planet’s surface was discovered in 2021 by Chinese researchers using the Rover Zhurong. Recently, an international team obtained new evidence that…

A team of astronomers at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University reports that about 3.68 billion years ago an ocean likely covered much of Mars’ northern hemisphere. This month on the…

For the eighth year running, former surfers Andrew Turton and Pete Ceglinski are on a mission to clean the oceans for future generations. Their invention has filtered a volume of…

Were there oceans on Mars? Scientists have long debated where they came from, how large they were, how deep they reached, and where they went. Numerous recent studies now point…

Ocean Pasta Salad Chop the eggs, processed cheese, and onions. Add the “Ocean” pasta and mix well, then drizzle with melted butter. Use any peeled shrimp to make a similar…

When one of the caravels in Christopher Columbus’s fleet, the “Santa Maria,” sank, the crew of another caravel, the “Niña,” refused to obey him. Columbus decided to report this to…

Understanding Sea Level Variations We usually measure land height relative to sea level. For example, the eastern peak of Mount Elbrus rises to 5,595 meters above sea level. That makes…