Plastic pollution tends to float near the surface and build up in large, rotating ocean currents known as gyres. The ...

In a leap toward sustainable desalination, researchers have created a solar-powered sponge-like aerogel that turns seawater into drinkable water using just sunlight and a plastic cover. Unlike ...

Salt water actually changes the properties of human skin in ways that explain why your face feels like leather after a day at ...

A new handheld microscope lets scientists monitor coral health in real time, underwater, without harming reefs.

From the mud, straw, and gypsum mixtures of ancient Egypt's monumental pyramids to the sophisticated underwater material ...

Wu Fuyuan, an academician of the CAS and a corresponding author of the study, said the moon displays an asymmetry between its ...

A study published Thursday in the journal Science found that the ocean is changing color as it warms. By analyzing satellite data from 2003 to 2022, researchers from Duke University and the Georgia ...

Blooms of coccolithophores can also be beneficial for the local environment. For example, their calcium carbonate scales can ...

The intricate, hidden processes that sustain coral life are being revealed through a new microscope developed by scientists ...

Geologists discover that a huge prehistoric tsunami carried amber from coastal forests to deep waters in Japan 115 million ...

In landlocked Arizona, where the Colorado River crisis has put water use under a microscope, a new inland desert fish farm is growing barramundi — a tropical species native to Australia.