Oceans

A stunning photography collection underlines how climate change is altering the world’s coastal and lakeside environments

Ancestors of so-called soft corals may have developed bioluminescence in the earliest days of deep-ocean living

“A mass bleaching event is, by definition, a mass mortality event,” a leading coral reef expert says

A person-centric scientific conference demonstrates that gathering can counter the isolation of underrepresentation

One in seven species of deepwater sharks and rays is threatened with extinction because of the liver oil and meat trade and emerging fishing technologies that make it possible to catch deep-sea fishes

A marine heat wave last year undercut efforts to regrow coral reefs off Florida’s coast. Conservationists are worried this year could be problematic, too

Federal scientists want to study the benefits and risks of using ocean ecosystems to absorb more climate pollution from the sky

Coral reefs hundreds of feet below the ocean surface aren’t as safe as scientists thought

Researchers found that if melting glaciers shut down the Atlantic Ocean’s circulation pattern, the global climate could see major changes within just 100 years

Tourism is big business on the cape, but a growing environmental issue could disrupt the lives of tourists and residents, alike.

NASA’s PACE mission aims to increase our understanding of Earth’s carbon cycle, pollution particles and ocean plankton

Wetlands with a small amount of salinity can produce more methane gas than those filled with freshwater or lots of seawater, new research suggests