The boundary between the ocean and the atmosphere, where the air and sea interact, is known as the sea surface microlayer.

Iron carried in clouds of Saharan dust blown across the Atlantic Ocean is increasingly available to tiny life forms the further it travels.

Google Maps has mapped out the entire globe, meaning it's packed full of interesting - and often mysterious - things to see.

The United States has one of its six West Coast-based aircraft carriers operating in the Western Pacific Ocean again ...

A new generation of expedition cruise ships are bringing a completely reimagined style of cruising to the Mediterranean.

The world's oceans are home to different habitats that capture and store carbon—known as "blue carbon." These include ...

There is more to the ocean’s waves than just rolling and breaking. Most waves are not unidirectional; they’re not just moving across a two-dimensional plane, as described in many current models.

In August 1945, North Field launched the two bombers that carried out the first and only wartime use of nuclear weapons in ...

The US Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation (MBI) is conducting a public hearing into the vessel’s implosion last year.

Both Kia and The Ocean Cleanup have mapped out their plans for their cleanup efforts over the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

Postdoctoral scholars across the United States are gearing up to celebrate the 15th annual National Postdoc Appreciation Week ...