Where others might have pulled their small child away from the tumbling whitewater, her mother instead recognized her daughter’s lit-up face. She scooped Sylvia into her arms, cradling her against the ...

The ocean is heating up—in some places, faster than scientists once thought possible. For the fish, crustaceans and plankton ...

Called subsea desalination, the idea is to remove the salt from water in the deep sea. If it worked at scale, the technology ...

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Dozens of water-harvesting pods are set to be deployed along the sea floor off the coast of California as the United States ...

Deep ocean water in the Antarctic is heating up and shrinking, with potentially far-reaching consequences for climate change and deep ocean ecosystems, according to a report.

If swimming in it isn't enough, you're reminded how salty the ocean is when you accidentally swallow some. Here's where that salt water comes from.

A flesh-eating bacteria known as Vibrio vulnificus has caused several deaths in Florida and Louisiana this summer. Though cases are generally rare, here's how to prevent illness from the ...

For decades, environmentalists have decried ocean desalination as an ecological disaster, while cost-savvy water managers have thumbed their noses at desal’s lofty price tag. But as the American ...

Using ocean water firefighting gains traction in places like LA, where fast-moving wildfires destroy vast areas within hours.