The ocean is vast and on average about 4,000 metres deep. It contains 1.3 billion cubic kilometres of water – that’s 97% of all the water on the surface of the Earth. [1] Home to over 240,000 known ...

Nope, it's not your imagination! The ocean is actually getting greener, according to scientists, and we found out why.

How many oceans are there? Four, of course. Wrong. While we were busy with the COVID-19 pandemic, NOAA, U.S. Board on ...

A one-foot-long baby squid was spotted swimming in the waters around the South Sandwich islands. The footage is unprecedented ...

You could repeat this experiment in the kitchen sink, or a bathtub if you have one. The key point is that the water level ...

One global ocean spans 71% of Earth's surface, covering a vast interconnected body of water. Geographically, this ocean is divided into five distinct regions, commonly called the world's oceans.

Plastic accumulating in our oceans and on our beaches has become a global crisis. Billions of pounds of plastic can be found in swirling convergences that make up about 40 percent of the world's ocean ...

Plankton are a collection of tiny organisms that live at and beneath the surface of lakes, rivers, ponds, and oceans across the planet. They’re named for the Greek word planktos, meaning to ...

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — From the grounds of a gas-fired power plant on the eastern shores of Canada, a little-known company is pumping a slurry of minerals into the ocean in the name of ...