When marine organisms die and sink, billions of tons of organic and inorganic carbon are carried downward each year. The ...

Scientists found worms living inside a glass sponge castle - and that's just one of 38 new species.

As deep-sea waters warm, scientists expected trouble for the microbes that help keep ocean chemistry in balance. Instead, researchers found that Nitrosopumilus maritimus can adapt to warmer, ...

The continued warming of ocean waters threatens marine life, a new study demonstrates. According to the Guardian, new research on the effects of rising sea temperatures found that the warming of the ...

Scientists say they have at last solved the mystery of what killed more than 5 billion sea stars off the Pacific coast of ...

Huge thanks to Globe reporter Kate Selig for updating us on ocean geoengineering research by Cape Cod’s Woods Hole ...

Scientists have discovered a newly identified marine fungus that can infect and kill toxic algae responsible for harmful ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The deepest parts of the Arctic Ocean are experiencing unprecedented warming that scientists warn could accelerate disruptions to ...

How can bacteria that forage on organic particles survive in vast ocean regions where such particles are extremely sparse? A ...

(THE CONVERSATION) It’s stunning but true that we know more about the surface of the moon than about the Earth’s ocean floor. Much of what we do know has come from scientific ocean drilling – the ...

Imagined” voyage in 2027 aboard the Le Lyrial will feature ocean scientists from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), an independent ocean science organization. Departing from Ushuaia, ...