The Seabed 2030 project aims to map about 70% of Earth's surface covered by oceans, enhancing humanity's understanding and ...

A new study finds that the rate of ocean warming has more than quadrupled over the past 40 years—and pinpoints why.

The Southern Ocean surrounds Antarctica and, like the Arctic Ocean, is very cold. Pupils could work to label a world map, showing the locations of the five oceans and could carry out research to ...

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a gyre of plastic debris in the north-central Pacific Ocean. It’s the largest accumulation of plastic in the world. Just how big is it? Using the map below, click ...

Earth’s oceans caught a fever in March 2023 that has yet to break. Since then, the bathwater-like conditions have killed corals in a record-breaking mass bleaching event, fueled hurricanes ...