A research team led by Profs. Li Jing and Liu Qinhuo from the Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy ...

Coral reefs, the "rainforests of the sea," provide habitats for 25% of all marine life. Critical to global biodiversity, they are essential for food supply, culture and recreation and coastal ...

What lies beneath Antarctica’s immense and impenetrable ice sheet? Until now, we didn’t fully ...

New research shows ancient tropical oceans once held more oxygen than cooler regions, reshaping where early life could ...

Black coral, scientifically known as Antipathella fiordensis, is vital for marine ecosystems. Despite its name, the coral appears white because only its skeleton is black. Large corals like the one ...

Scientists say the A23a iceberg in Antarctica appears to be stuck in shallow waters.

Ancient microbial activity preserved in deep seafloor sediments challenges assumptions about where fragile traces of early ...

Some four miles off the Southern California coast, a company is betting it can solve one of desalination’s biggest problems by moving the technology deep ...

U p to 98 percent of Antarctica is caked in miles-thick ice sheets, some of which formed millions upon millions of years ago.