In 2019, Shailene Woodley joined a Greenpeace trip to the Sargasso Sea, where nets found extreme microplastic pollution, ...

The transformation happens only when something stirs the water. Scripps explains that when the phytoplankton are disturbed by waves or other movement in the water, they emit a neon-blue glow, which is ...

A NOC-led study published in Scientific Reports finds that offshore wind turbine foundations enhance seawater mixing and can reduce summer sea surface temperatures by up to 0.5 C during heatwave ...

Tommy Stone is a fourth-year PhD student studying applied ocean science at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San ...

Research published in Nature Communications identifies particle-associated microorganisms as a significant but previously unaccounted-for source of nitrogen fixation in the Barents Sea, offering new ...

Physical oceanography is the study of the physics of marine systems. It includes the distribution of temperature and salinity, water mass formation and movement, ocean currents, interior and surface ...

A new magnetic test can distinguish ancient pottery from modern fakes by detecting a hidden signal that builds up in clay over centuries.

Ask any scuba diver what it’s like to experience a kelp forest underwater, and they’re likely to wax poetic about the magic ...

Marine economic development needs to link effective resource exploitation with green growth, environmental protection and ...

Sargassum continued to decline across much of the Atlantic and Caribbean during September, according to the latest bulletin ...

The Marjorie Luke Theatre will present the award-winning documentary “Out of Plain Sight,” 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25 as part of its ongoing Green Film ...

Pavlos Kollias, Empire Innovation Professor in the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, has been named a Fellow of the ...