Deepwater Horizon disaster altered building blocks of ocean life Oil spill disaster reduced biodiversity in sites closest to spill, report finds, as White House rolls back conservation measures.

Marine microorganisms in the Southern Ocean may find themselves in a deadly vise grip by century’s end as ocean acidification creates a shallower horizon for life.

Marine microorganisms in the Southern Ocean may find themselves in a deadly vise grip by century's end as ocean acidification creates a shallower horizon for life.

A sample from asteroid Bennu contains organic compounds usually found at midocean ridges on Earth, suggesting Bennu may have been part of an ancient ocean world.

BP's Deepwater Horizon rig spilled around 4.9 million barrels of oil in the Gulf of Mexico. Scientists are finding oil in fish, and on the ocean floor.

The Deepwater Horizon Spill Happened 8 Years Ago. The Ocean Still Hasn’t Recovered. “It’s premature to imagine that all the effects of the spill are over and remediated.” ...

Ever since NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft successfully dropped off samples taken from the asteroid Bennu in September, scientists have been poring over results from the precious cargo, the largest ...

These Underwater Robots Offer a New Way to Sample Microbes From the Ocean The health of forests of underwater plankton have a big impact on the environment, and oceanographers are just starting to ...