Oceans

Science News for Students articles on oceans

  1. Environment

    Swirling seas of plastic trash

    Long-lasting oceanic garbage threatens marine life.

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  2. Oceans

    Life beneath the ‘berg

    Scientists find Antarctic icebergs play a new and bigger role in the climate cycle.

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  3. Oceans

    Sea changes

    Carbon dioxide is making the oceans more acidic.

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  4. Environment

    Underwater racket

    The oceans are getting louder, and scientists want to know what that means for marine residents.

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  5. Animals

    Census of the oceans

    Ten years of work reveals new species, amazing diversity.

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  6. Life

    The algae invasion

    One of the world's simplest organisms is also one of the hardest to classify.

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  7. Animals

    Sponges’ secret weapon

    An aquatic animal provides a possible new kind of disease resistance.

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  8. Earth

    Salty, old and, perhaps, a sign of early life

    Exploring salt deposits, researchers unearthed the planet's oldest-known, complete molecules thought to have been made by living things.

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  9. Animals

    Eyes on the depths

    On a recent expedition to the Bahamas, scientists made new discoveries about how deep-sea animals see the world.

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  10. Ecosystems

    Underwater jungles

    Cold-water-loving kelp forests may be surprisingly abundant in the tropics.

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  11. Animals

    Life on the Down Low

    The first scientific survey of organisms in the deep waters off Antarctica has discovered lots of life.

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  12. Earth

    The Pacific Ocean’s bald spot

    A large swath of seafloor at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean lacks sediment.

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