A very prominent character in oceanographic history and science was Matthew Fontaine Maury. Being born an American in ...

A larger shelf means legal access to more of the ocean floor’s riches: animals, hydrocarbons, and, perhaps most important, ...

A massive iceberg, identified as A23a, is drifting northeastward and could be on a collision course with the British territory of South Georgia Island. As of mid-January, the iceberg was estimated to ...

In 2024, ocean temperatures reached record highs, worsening extreme weather and threatening ecosystems due to accelerating ...