In January, word emerged that scientists had discovered a new colony of penguins in Antarctica using images from Europe's flagship Copernicus satellite network. By coincidence, the same month marked ...

For the first time, mighty ocean waves generated in the Southern Ocean have been accurately measured all the way to the tiny ripples they form on the shores of Alaska. Professor Ian Young, from the ...

During his first offshore expedition in 1997, marine-biology expert Murray Roberts was shocked to see the state of cold-water corals located west of Scotland’s Shetland Islands. A century earlier, ...

The Earth's mighty oceans are even more mysterious than outer space. The majority of the planet's surface is covered by water, but 95% of our oceans remain unexplored. We know more about Mars than we ...

Newswise — A single drop of seawater can contain a million microorganisms, but these microorganisms have a much bigger influence than their size would imply. For example, microbes influence an ocean’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Second place, Human Connection. This photo was taken on April 1, 2024, off Point No Point, WA. In Puget Sound, there's a community ...

From a commercial point of view, the Indian Ocean, the world’s third-largest water body is of paramount importance — from the shores of Africa to Indonesia and Australia. 80 percent of international ...

Scientists from numerous countries are joining forces to tackle risks to life in the world's second-largest ocean. During his first offshore expedition in 1997, marine-biology expert Murray Roberts ...