Marine life off the Los Angeles coast may still be impacted by the effects of a long-disused DDT dumping site, a report from UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography and San Diego State ...

Two new publications remap the understanding of reverse weathering in the scientific community. The Dauphin Island Sea Lab's ...

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) researchers have shown large sharks can spend hours deep in the oceans' mesopelagic zone, which lies 200 to 1,000 meters (650 to 3,300 feet) below the ...

Myctophids, also known as lanternfish, are considered a key connection between the deep ocean food web and marine life closer to the surface. (Austin Straub / For the Times) For several years now, one ...

In a step toward better understanding how the ocean sequesters carbon, new findings from UC Santa Barbara researchers and ...

FILE - Common two-banded seabream fish swim in the protected area of France's Porquerolles National Park ahead of the U.N. Ocean Conference on June 6, 2025. Drilling for minerals deep in the ocean ...

Drilling for minerals deep in the ocean could have immense consequences for the tiny animals at the core of the vast marine food web — and ultimately affect fisheries and the food we find on our ...