While humans are getting ready to go back to Moon and various technologies are being tested on Mars as we speak, there's little we know about our own home, specifically our oceans. Dubbed Mesobot, ...

The ocean basins are so vast and deep that they hold about 97 percent of the Earth's water. Sea water that's trapped in ...

Sunlight Zone 0 m - 200 m top layer of the ocean where there is enough sunlight for photosynthesis; hence plants tuna, sharks, dolphin, jellyfish, plankton Twilight Zone 200 m - 1000 m a dim zone ...

: [POST-BROADCAST CORRECTION Aug. 4, 2025: A previous version of this report incorrectly said that there are phytoplankton in the upper layer of the atmosphere. Phytoplankton live in the upper layer ...

How will global warming impact marine ecosystems? This is a critical question when addressing future climate change. Sustained climate change may have a particularly large negative effect on one of ...

Waning winds could give the world’s largest oxygen-starved ocean region a breath of fresh air as the planet warms, researchers report in the Aug. 8 Science. Scientists previously thought the North ...

Intra-plate deformation and associated earthquakes are enigmatic features on the Earth. The Wharton Basin in the Indian Ocean is one of the most active intra-plate deformation zones, confirmed by the ...