Scientists warn against the high risk of degradation of marine ecosystems and the human hardships that may result.

Such action could accomplish not only that but also increase fisheries' profits and yields.

New data on the deep-diving creatures include a record-setting dive more than a mile deep.

Top predators of the Southern Ocean are tied both to the health of the ocean ecosystem and to global climate regulation through a mutual relationship with phytoplankton.

On the 25th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, Terrie Williams reflects on the lessons learned and continues her work training responders for the next oil spill disaster.

Forty-five years after scientists hypothesized that global warming would make Arctic Ocean surfaces darker, Scripps team determines, through satellite data, how much the planet’s albedo has diminished.

Predators and ocean acidification spell doom for once-prevalent Olympia oysters.

Berkeley Lab collaborates on program to track nuclear contamination from quake-damaged power plant in Japan.

Mysterious outbreak has become widespread along the U.S. west coast over the past several months.