Narrow bands of ocean covering just over one-third of the world's seas are responsible for absorbing nearly three-quarters of ...

Marine microbes cooperate far more than they compete, reshaping how scientists understand ocean ecosystems and climate ...

In a revolutionary advancement in oceanography, scientists have created one of the most detailed maps of the ocean floor to date. The map, compiled using high-resolution data from the SWOT satellite, ...

Mars may have been a "blue planet" with an ocean the size of today's Arctic Ocean, a new study suggests.

During the last ice age, the Atlantic Ocean's powerful current system remained active and continued to transport warm, salty ...

Evidence from fossil shells suggests that falling seawater calcium helped lock away carbon dioxide and helped cool Earth after the dinosaurs.