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Why ocean health is crucial for climate, food and biodiversity
World Oceans Day 2026 is a reminder of the crucial role oceans play in sustaining life on Earth. Covering more than 70% of the planet, oceans regulate climate, support biodiversity and provide food and livelihoods to billions.
Deep below the Tyrrhenian Sea offshore Italy, scientists drilled into what they thought would be dark mantle rock—and found pieces of granite that seemingly had no business being there. Those unexpected intrusions turned out to offer a rare glimpse of how a massive fault rapidly pulled deep Earth rocks toward the surface during the opening of a young ocean basin.
Large numbers of Velella velella, often called “by-the-wind sailors,” periodically wash ashore along coastlines around the world. Though they resemble jellyfish, these unusual colonial animals drift across the ocean using tiny natural sails,
A surprising new discovery suggests that tiny microbes living inside fish may be helping shape the chemistry of the world’s oceans. Scientists found evidence that bacteria in the guts of marine fish work alongside their hosts to produce calcium carbonate,
Shells of tiny ocean creatures reveal a hidden boundary in the Atlantic that could affect the Earth's global carbon cycle.
Recent observations from the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite provide even more evidence to suggest that El Niño is taking hold in the Pacific.
More than 70 percent of Earth’s surface is covered by ocean. But more than 80 percent of that marine realm is unknown. A crew aboard one of the world’s most advanced research vessels is exploring some of that uncharted water — and you can go along ...
Tests of a new desalination technology in a reservoir near Westlake Village were a success. Next comes an ocean trial off Southern California.
The Trump administration’s decision to dismantle most of a $386 million federal ocean-observing network will leave scientists without an irreplaceable source of data used to understand how climate change is affecting crucial currents and marine ecosystems and increasing coastal flooding.