Oceanography (Seas)

The world''s oceans face multiple threats: the effects of climate change, pollution, overfishing, plastic waste, and more. Confronted with the imme...

A vivid portrait of how Naval oversight shaped American oceanography, revealing what difference it makes who pays for science. What difference does...

A counterintuitive and compelling argument that existing laws already protect the entirety of our oceansand a call to understand and enforce those ...

In 1972, James Lovelock and Lynn Margulis began collaborating on the Gaia hypothesis. They suggested that over geological time, life on Earth has h...

Peter NeillsThe Once and Future Ocean aspires to do nothing less than transform our relationship with the worlds most promising and imperiled natur...

From prehistoric times to the present, the Ocean has been used as a highway for trade, a source of food and resources, and a space for recreation a...

What difference does it make who pays for science? Some might say none. If scientists seek to discover fundamental truths about the world, and the...

Combining images from worlds leading marine and nature photographers and the latest in underwater photography techniques, The Life & Love of th...

Rising from the depths of the North Pacific lies a fabled island, now submerged just 15 feet under the surface of the ocean. A sailor will tell you...

Kevin E. Trenberth emphasizes the fundamental role of energy flows in the climate system and anthropogenic climate change. The distribution of heat...

Recent studies indicate that - due to climate change - the Earth is undergoing rapid changes in all cryospheric components, including polar sea ice...