Desalination has held out hope for many coastal communities facing water scarcity. But the promise has not materialized because of cost and a lack of reliable electricity. Even the prospect of ...

More than 4,000 meters below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, the water is permanently black and near freezing. No sunlight reaches this depth, and the seafloor stretches across vast plains that ...

More than a fifth of the global ocean is getting darker, and researchers say this could have serious consequences for marine ecosystems and humanity. According to a new study from the University of ...

The ocean serves as Earth's largest dynamic carbon sink, absorbing 400 million tons of carbon dioxide (CO₂) annually through continuous exchange with the atmosphere. Researchers at Yale have now ...

"Sunlight" beams off a partly cloudy Atlantic Ocean just after sunrise as the International Space Station orbited 263 miles above on March 5, 2025. This is an example of sunglint, an optical ...

Saltwater, crashing waves, and intense sun create one of the harshest environments for any wristwatch. While many modern ...