Features

: Christopher Bowgen; Posted On July 12, 2019

Beneath the Shell

Slow sea snails are, the unlikely inspirations for faster diabetes treatments

: National Oceanography Centre; Posted On June 4, 2019

D-Day: The Starting Point for Modern UK Oceanography

Prior to the landings on 6 June 1944 on the Normandy beaches, a small research group was formed in the Admiralty Research Laboratory at Teddington...

: David Helvarg; Posted On May 29, 2019

An Extinction Timeline and How We Can Alter It

In 2017 on a dive trip to Cuba my friend Manny Ramos took me to what he said was one of the best snorkeling beaches in the country three hours...

: Sandra Brooke; Posted On March 26, 2019

Battle for the Deep Seafloor

Human interest in the marine environment originally focused on the highly productive coastal zone, where food and energy resources were readily...

: Carlie Wiener and Kate Herries; Posted On March 26, 2019

New Underwater Worlds

Upside-down waterfalls, underwater lakes and calcite caverns awaited the science team as they sought to reveal the hidden secret of one of the...

: ECO; Posted On March 26, 2019

Descending into the Five Deeps

An adventurer’s dream is a simple one, be curious; challenge everything, ask questions, explore the unknown.

: Travis Richards; Posted On March 26, 2019

Deep-Sea Foodwebs: It’s Complicated

Due to its vast size and depth, the deep-pelagic ocean (200 meters and below) helps maintain the health of the planet by playing a role in carbon...

: Heather Ritchie; Posted On March 26, 2019

Extreme Adaptation: Surviving in the Hadal Zone

The ocean is divided into multiple depth zones; epipelagic (0-200m) mesopelagic (200-1000m), bathyal (1000-4000m), abyssal (4000-6000m) and the...

: Heather Welch, Elliott Hazen, and Stephanie Brodie; Posted On March 26, 2019

Protecting Changing Oceans

Ecological Forecasts to Improve Fisheries Sustainability

: Jorge G. Álvarez-Romero; Posted On March 26, 2019

The Conservation Planning Database

A new global database to better guide marine conservation efforts

: Dawn J. Wright; Posted On March 26, 2019

Mapping the Sea's Natural Defense Against Climate Change

Location intelligence is helping scientists understand how to protect an important marine ally in combating global warming.

: Carlie Wiener; Posted On March 26, 2019

Underwater Paradigm Shift

How advancing technologies are changing the way scientists study the ocean