An international team looks back 12 million years for clues about the formation of these vast areas where no life can survive A satellite image of the Northern Gulf of Mexico, where 'dead zones' can ...

On 5 December 2017, the United Nations declared the Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development held from 2021 to 2030 ... population densities on the coast and by developing economic sectors ...

A healthy ocean plays a vital role in stabilizing the world’s climate and sustaining life on Earth. Climate change presents a pervasive threat to the health, resilience and productivity of the world’s ...

This critical zone is referred to as the carbonate compensation depth. While much attention has been given to the acidification of surface waters, the situation in deeper waters is equally concerning.

Sep. 17, 2024 — People's deep connection with the ocean -- their 'marine identity' -- can help us reset society's relationship with the seas, new research ... Dams Built to Prevent Coastal ...

In the deepest parts of the ocean, below 13,100 feet (4,000 metres), the combination of high pressure and low temperature ...

Postdoctoral scholars across the United States are gearing up to celebrate the 15th annual National Postdoc Appreciation Week ...

The Pacific Ocean is the largest of all oceans with an approximate size of 60 million square miles. On the other hand, seas are relatively small in size and, in many cases they are at least ...

That’s almost the height of an underwater mountain newly discovered and mapped by oceanographers led by the Schmidt Ocean Institute ... good idea (of the seabed topography),” said Jyotika ...

The deep ocean, referred to as the “twilight zone”, is enormously mysterious. Acting as the eyes and ears of the scientists, Boaty went there on the longest journey yet for its class of submarine.