Ocean currents are critical to life on Earth. These continuous flows of seawater both regulate the global climate and propel nutrients and organisms across the oceans. On the surface, ocean currents ...

The ocean covers more than 70% of Earth's surface, yet remarkably, we’ve explored only about 5% of it. Despite this mystery, what we do know reveals just how vital — and fascinating — the oceans are ...

Microplastics are so pervasive they have even been discovered in the deepest known part of the ocean: the Mariana Trench. While it has been long understood that microplastics exist on the surface of ...

A recent study uncovered the extensive depths to which plastic particles are polluting our oceans, raising concerns over greater environmental effects. As explained by Down to Earth, a study published ...

Many marine species are no strangers to the depths of the oceans. Some animals, like certain sharks, tuna, or turtles, routinely perform extreme dives, whereas for other species such behavior has been ...

"Field Museum Associate Curator of Zoology and specialist in cephalopod mollusks, Janet Voight, has partnered with Peggy Macnamara, Artist-in-Residence at the Museum, to provide readers with an ...

Did you know that the ocean produces approximately half of the world's oxygen? Or that key medicines have come from ocean discoveries, like a painkiller found in a sea snail? It's all true! And so is ...

Researchers also uncovered evidence of corral damage at lower depths during a survey in the Indian Ocean. The data is helping ...