The Marine Invasions Research Lab, based at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) is the nation’s largest program dedicated to monitoring the ocean and coastal regions for invasions by ...

A fiery force beneath the ocean is reshaping Tonga’s Home Reef, growing an island through eruptions over the past few years.

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research has developed satellite ocean colour maps to warn of red tides ...

One day my marine biology professor had us all read a paper proposing the idea of fertilizing the ocean using iron to create phytoplankton blooms to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to combat ...

The United Kingdom ’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) plans to invest 81 million pounds in the development of an ambitious early warning system designed to detect climate tipping points.

Although the Earth’s been decidedly blue for 600 million years, rising populations of phytoplankton caused by rising temperatures are once again causing the world’s oceans to turn green.

In late January, onlookers flocked to Tasmania's Storm Bay to witness a rare and magical event: swarms of moon jellyfish ...

West Philippine Sea is the name given by an administrative order (AO) of then President Benigno Aquino III to Philippine territorial waters west of the country. Aquino’s AO said West Philippine Sea ...

It may sound strange, but whale excrement plays a critical role in fertilizing the ocean! Packed with iron and essential ...

It's spring, the sun is shining and something is about to happen with the plankton in the cold waters of the Arctic Ocean.

Knowledge is one of the most powerful tools to incite the action needed to save ocean health, so better ocean literacy is ...

Fire debris and potentially toxic ash could make the water unsafe for surfers and swimmers, especially after rainfall that ...