The Saya de Malha Bank is one of the world’s largest seagrass fields and the planet’s most important carbon sinks. It faces ...

It will lead to more purple, brown, or green hues in coastal or stratified areas, with less deep blue color in water as ...

Since then, there have been a few tropical cyclones that reached land as ... is warm ocean water. Additionally, a warm ...

These marine organisms act like plants on land, absorbing carbon dioxide from the ocean just as trees do from ... The company Vesta, formed in 2021, promotes the greenish-hued mineral as a tool ...

Stretching for hundreds of miles along the planet’s equator is the Medusae Fossae Formation, or MFF—a mysterious landscape ... This giant deposit might be hiding a frozen ocean under layers of ancient ...

Last year, 18 storms formed, but just five made ... a few tropical cyclones that reached land as recently as 2021. Colorado State University meteorologist Phil Klotzbach told USA TODAY this week that ...

Sheer drama. That's what the Great Sand Dunes are. Starkly beautiful desert dunes set against a backdrop of pretty, ...

A new wave of seismic science is emerging from the ocean floor—and it could help us predict the next big disaster. Using a remotely operated vehicle (ROV), researchers have mapped the geology of the ...

DIEGO GARCIA is a typical atoll; a narrow strip of land varying in width from a mile to 30 yards, nearly completely encircles a lagoon of irregular shape. The lagoon is open to the ocean towards ...

Both conditions favor hurricane formation. "And in the Pacific, we have a La Niña that is likely on its last legs," Klotzbach told USA TODAY. La Niña, a natural cooling of ocean water in part of ...

Last year, 18 storms formed ... that reached land as recently as 2021. Colorado State University meteorologist Phil Klotzbach told USA TODAY this week that the Atlantic Ocean is "not as warm ...