You could repeat this experiment in the kitchen sink, or a bathtub if you have one. The key point is that the water level ...

A recent groundbreaking study has revealed an astonishing natural event: terrestrial animals that managed to journey across the Pacific Ocean, covering an immense 8,000 kilometers, to settle on a new ...

Scientists found "a beautiful, thriving ecosystem" in a dark and isolated location: The former shadow of a glacier.

It’s an apt metaphor, because the weed forms a kind of canopy at the ocean surface. Sargassum brings to my mind a floating reef or ... populate a drop of water from the Sargasso Sea.

In prior decades, for example, ocean scientists relied on extensive temperature and salinity measurements by floating sensors ...

Mysterious, floating stones have been found on beaches across Monmouth County and ocean officials are trying to figure out ...

Mindelo/Kiel. Today, the German research vessel POLARSTERN sets sail from the subtropical Mindelo, Cabo Verde, on a special expedition. On board are 13 Master’s students from West Africa, who will ...

Velev and Ph.D. student Haeleen Hong, the paper's first author, say these particles' sticky nature can attract microplastics and grab them—even in wet and salty conditions, like ocean water.