Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The ocean covers more than 70 percent of the Earth's surface. Considering how vast it is, scientists know relatively little about ...

At this week’s U.N. Oceans Conference in the south of France, delegates need only glance outside the conference hall at the glittering Mediterranean for a stark reminder of the problem they are trying ...

Did you know that the ocean produces approximately half of the world's oxygen? Or that key medicines have come from ocean discoveries, like a painkiller found in a sea snail? It's all true! And so is ...

Pentagon moves to turn independent military outlet into a 'mouthpiece,' advocates warn China sells treasuries for 9 straight months as foreign buyers snap up debt Senate passes 3-bill partial funding ...

Did you know one of the largest collections of marine DNA in the entire world is hiding just outside D.C.? In today’s episode of “Matt About Town,” we’re taking an even deeper dive into the ...

France's Preside Macron delivers a speech ahead the third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3), which gathers leaders, researchers and activists to discuss how to protect marine life, in the French ...

The world’s ocean absorbed more heat in 2025 than in any other year on record. The world’s ocean absorbed more heat in 2025 than in any other year on record.Marc Asensio—Getty Images Reporter The ...

In this episode of C&EN Uncovered, host Craig Bettenhausen speaks with C&EN reporter Fionna Samuels about her recent C&EN cover story concerning ocean alkalinity enhancement as a method to combat ...

If you’ve ever been on an airplane, you know how turbulence feels: shaky and chaotic. Just like there is turbulence in the air, there is turbulence in the ocean, except ocean turbulence doesn’t ...