One of NOAA’s most critical roles is to observe the oceans, which are currently undergoing a period of rapid and largely ...

The ocean is vast and on average about 4,000 metres deep. It contains 1.3 billion cubic kilometres of water – that’s 97% of all the water on the surface of the Earth. [1] Home to over 240,000 known ...

Despite all the deep-sea expeditions and samples taken from the seabed over the past 100 years, humans still know very little ...

Oceans are large bodies of salt water. They are home to a wide variety of amazing marine animals and plants and provide us with food, and water. With long sandy beaches, they're also fun places to ...

X Trillion” was selected as the winner in the category of Feature Length Documentary Film from a panel of marine scientists ...

Ocean acidification strips seawater of the materials that marine animals — such as corals, plankton and shellfish — use to build their shells and skeletons. This can stunt growth or cause deformations ...

Widespread ocean pollution threatens the health of more than 3 billion people, international study led by Boston College researchers shows Ocean pollution is widespread and getting worse, and when ...