Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The ocean covers more than 70 percent of the Earth's surface. Considering how vast it is, scientists know relatively little about ...

The oceans — vast, ancient, and seemingly eternal — are shifting faster than scientists once believed possible. Temperatures rise, currents slow, and ecosystems struggle to keep up with the speed of ...

At this week’s U.N. Oceans Conference in the south of France, delegates need only glance outside the conference hall at the glittering Mediterranean for a stark reminder of the problem they are trying ...

Did you know one of the largest collections of marine DNA in the entire world is hiding just outside D.C.? In today’s episode of “Matt About Town,” we’re taking an even deeper dive into the ...

France's Preside Macron delivers a speech ahead the third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3), which gathers leaders, researchers and activists to discuss how to protect marine life, in the French ...

In this episode of C&EN Uncovered, host Craig Bettenhausen speaks with C&EN reporter Fionna Samuels about her recent C&EN cover story concerning ocean alkalinity enhancement as a method to combat ...

Nation’s First Critical Minerals Mine Nears Approval in Biodiversity Hotspot One Year After Green Bank’s Demise, Court Mulls Future of Grant-Based Climate Policy Summer in March? Unusual Heat Wave ...

If you’ve ever been on an airplane, you know how turbulence feels: shaky and chaotic. Just like there is turbulence in the air, there is turbulence in the ocean, except ocean turbulence doesn’t ...

The world’s ocean absorbed more heat in 2025 than in any other year on record. The world’s ocean absorbed more heat in 2025 than in any other year on record.Marc Asensio—Getty Images Reporter The ...