This piece comes to us from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). To honor Women’s History Month, WCS and Nature are bringing you stories of women in the fields of nature and conservation. When I ...

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Atmospheric scientists have reported a new and potentially important mechanism by which chemical emissions from ocean phytoplankton may influence the formation of clouds that reflect sunlight away ...

Scott Rapoport earned his PhD in marine biology from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego in 2003. Drawn to Scripps for its unique blend of engineering and marine biology, Rapoport ...

Have you ever thought about what would happen if all life in the ocean disappeared? A recent study explores this extreme scenario to understand how ocean biology shapes the past, present, and future ...

Marine biologists play a crucial role in Australia’s ecological stewardship, particularly in understanding and conserving the unique marine ecosystems such as the Great Barrier Reef. Their expertise ...

From tracking down famous sunken ships to building drones that study whale populations, the Duke University Marine Lab (DUML) has plunged headfirst into some of the ocean’s most important questions ...

For International Women and Girls in Science Day, the museum’s Ocean Portal spoke with “Her Deepness” about science, seaweed and the planet’s future Danielle Olson Hidden from public view at the ...

For more than three decades, a high school marine sciences program has been making waves—in the middle of Iowa, a landlocked state more than 1,200 miles from the nearest ocean. Hundreds of students ...