Underwater

Coastal Wildlife Rebounds as States Tax Grocery Bags—But Are We Missing The Real Cost?
A single nickel at the checkout is rewriting the fate of our beaches. New research shows plastic bag litter plummets up to 47 percent where shoppers must pay—yet outright bans...
Coastal Wildlife Rebounds as States Tax Grocery Bags—But Are We Missing The Real Cost?
A single nickel at the checkout is rewriting the fate of our beaches. New research shows plastic bag litter plummets up to 47 percent where shoppers must pay—yet outright bans...

Ocean Salinity Surge Signals Tipping Point — What Happens When Ocean Currents Shift?
The ocean’s hidden engines are misfiring—and the ripple effects could reach your front door. Satellites now show the Southern Ocean’s surface growing saltier every year, a twist that drags buried...
Ocean Salinity Surge Signals Tipping Point — What Happens When Ocean Currents Shift?
The ocean’s hidden engines are misfiring—and the ripple effects could reach your front door. Satellites now show the Southern Ocean’s surface growing saltier every year, a twist that drags buried...

Dramatic Ocean Rescue As Lifeguards Haul Exhausted Whitetail Deer From Atlantic Ocean
A whitetail buck drifted 300 yards off Flagler Beach, battling rip currents and circling sharks before two fearless lifeguards paddled out on a rescue board.
Dramatic Ocean Rescue As Lifeguards Haul Exhausted Whitetail Deer From Atlantic Ocean
A whitetail buck drifted 300 yards off Flagler Beach, battling rip currents and circling sharks before two fearless lifeguards paddled out on a rescue board.

Nanoplastic Swarm Turns Marine Sanctuaries into Silent Toxic Zones
We can’t see them, yet they already outnumber plankton. A single liter of seawater now holds flecks of plastic smaller than bacteria—27 million metric tons swirling through the North Atlantic...
Nanoplastic Swarm Turns Marine Sanctuaries into Silent Toxic Zones
We can’t see them, yet they already outnumber plankton. A single liter of seawater now holds flecks of plastic smaller than bacteria—27 million metric tons swirling through the North Atlantic...

How Global Survival Hinges on Ocean Sanctuaries Near Antactica
Earth’s thermostat sits at the bottom of the world, pumping carbon into the deep and nutrients toward the light. Yet factory trawlers, lost ghost nets, and a warming sea now...
How Global Survival Hinges on Ocean Sanctuaries Near Antactica
Earth’s thermostat sits at the bottom of the world, pumping carbon into the deep and nutrients toward the light. Yet factory trawlers, lost ghost nets, and a warming sea now...

Elusive Giant Sharks Spotted 1,800 Miles from Home in Surreal Deep Ocean Encounter
A cow carcass. A camera. And the first-ever footage of Pacific sleeper sharks queuing up to feed—5,300 feet beneath the waves of the South China Sea. Scientists didn’t expect to...
Elusive Giant Sharks Spotted 1,800 Miles from Home in Surreal Deep Ocean Encounter
A cow carcass. A camera. And the first-ever footage of Pacific sleeper sharks queuing up to feed—5,300 feet beneath the waves of the South China Sea. Scientists didn’t expect to...