Researchers Have Made an Oceanic Discovery That Could Shift Our Understanding of Earth’s Carbon Cycle Ryan Whalen·July 19, 2024A new study could potentially change our understanding of the relationship between ocean diatoms and Earth's carbon cycle.
What Was It? Strange Creature Photographed in 2018 Is Finally Identified, And It’s Not What Scientists Expected Micah Hanks·October 5, 2023A strange creature found in Okinawa's coastal waters has finally been identified, after it revealed something that surprised scientists.
Interstellar Conservation: City Lights in Our Sky and Plastic in Our Oceans Avi Loeb·February 27, 2023The most consequential choice that our technological civilization can make is between commercial benefits and preserving nature.
I Can’t Hear You: How Our Oceans are Slowly Getting Noisier Kenna Hughes-Castleberry·April 26, 2022New research reveals that oceans are getting noisier in some areas, making it harder for fish to communicate.
The United Nations Wants to Clean the Ocean by 2030 Raquel Santos·December 2, 2021A group of international experts gathered to create a plan that would help the UN reach its goal to clean the ocean by 2030.
Will Hyperintelligent Octopuses Take Over the World? Mike Damante·March 15, 2021What if massively-evolved octopuses were able to rule the world and then the entire universe? Scientists address our tentacle-filled future.
New “Soft Robot” Conquers The Deepest Part of the Ocean Christopher Plain·March 12, 2021Researchers in China have successfully tested a soft robot that swims like a manta ray in the Mariana...
The Ocean’s “Twilight Zone” is Home to Glowing Sharks Christopher Plain·March 11, 2021A team of researchers found glowing sharks off the New Zealand coast in Chatham Rise, which is called the "Twilight Zone" of the ocean.