Oceans
The Lonely, Lifesaving Job of Lighthouse Keepers, Revealed at the National Lighthouse Museum
A new museum in Staten Island tells the stories of men and women who ran lighthouses throughout America’s history and shows off some unique antiques
Scientists Find a Natural Way to Clean Up Oil Spills, With a Plant-Based Molecule
Researchers at the City College of New York are testing a spray made of phytol, a molecule in chlorophyll, on oil in lab wave pools
This Huge, Gooey Blob Could Be a Clutch of Squid Eggs
The blob was the size of a car...and completely baffling to a group of divers
Off the Coast of Italy, Two Divers Are Building Underwater Greenhouses
The biospheres could provide an alternate means of farming in regions with unstable growing conditions
Think Ocean Water is Gross? Sand Is Way Grosser
New research shows that microbes take longer to decay in sand than at sea
How Can We Keep Track of Earth's Invisible Water?
This week's episode of Generation Anthropocene goes on a deep dive into some of the planet's more mysterious water sources
Frustrated with Shark Week, This Year Biologists Celebrated Jacques Cousteau with #JacquesWeek
The French explorer and conservationist had a very different take on ocean life
Adidas Just Made a Running Shoe Out of Ocean Trash
The apparel company recently released a prototype that incorporates recycled ocean plastic
Researchers Strapped a Go-Pro to a Sea Turtle, and Here’s What They Got
See the Great Barrier Reef from a turtle's view
Before Moby-Dick, There Was "Two Years Before the Mast"
This salty memoir by Richard Henry Dana Jr. was one of America's first literary classics
14 Fun Facts About Marine Bristle Worms
In honor of the first ever International Polychaete Day, learn about the bristly worms that are everywhere in the ocean
Warming and Overfishing Sent Seabirds Flocking to California
Mexico's elegant terns have begun nesting farther north in years when their traditional food is scarce
More than 100 New Marine Species Were Just Discovered in the Philippines
The creatures hail from a rarely before explored region of the ocean's water column
Sleep With the Fishes: The Best Places to Spend a Night Underwater
As the weather heats up, escape to these hotel rooms beneath the waves
Six Ways to See Bioluminescence in the World's Oceans
From shimmering squid in Japan to illuminated clams in France, here are some of the top spots for basking in nature's glow
Visit the Pacific’s Deepest Hydrothermal Vents With Underwater Robots
Researchers spotted the vents nearly 12,500 feet beneath the surface during an expedition mapping the floor of the Pescadero Basin
This Surfboard Maps Waves and Gathers Ocean Data for Researchers
Sensors would make surfers into citizen scientists
Step Inside a Famous Submarine
Where to visit historic subs this summer—or ride in a modern one
How Will Climate Change Impact Plankton?
A global plankton survey aims to help us understand how the tiny organisms that live at the ocean surface will fare in a warming world
A Beginner's Guide to the Santa Barbara Oil Spill
Cleanup efforts are underway at Refugio State Beach after more than 100,000 gallons of crude oil spilled
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