In the ocean's twilight zone, where the reach of the Sun fades to nothing, an epic migration begins every time night falls.

With careful planning and a little luck, researchers found a surprising upside to hurricanes after a Category 4 storm disrupted their expedition off the coast of Mexico. The team was able to sample ...

The world's oceans are shifting beneath us in ways that researchers say have no real precedent in the modern record. The Copernicus Ocean State Report 9, authored by a team led by K. von Schuckmann ...

By Sharon Atieno OnyangoFiji and Panama have launched a new global commitment to protect the “twilight zone”, one of the ocean’s most critical ecosystems.The zone covers an area of 200-1,000 meters ...

The open ocean’s twilight zone, a vast deep ecosystem rich in fish biomass, is poorly understood because it is expensive and challenging for humans to reach its depths 200–1000 meters (660–3,280 feet) ...

In the last 50 years, oxygen-deficient zones in the open ocean have increased. Scientists have attributed this development to rising global temperatures: Less oxygen dissolves in warmer water, and the ...

The ocean mixed layer forms the uppermost horizon of the ocean, intimately coupled to atmospheric processes and climate variability. Its depth, structure and properties evolve in response to wind ...

In the last 50 years, oxygen-deficient zones in the open ocean have increased. Scientists have attributed this development to rising global temperatures: Less oxygen dissolves in warmer water, and the ...