Ocean

Jellyfish larvae can get trapped in bathing suits and sting the skin.

NOAA scientists witnessed the event while searching for World War Two shipwreck the Bloody Marsh.

The aquifer stretches from Massachusetts to New Jersey—the biggest formation of its kind ever found.

The dolphin was reportedly in such "poor condition" that rescue workers resorted to euthanization.

"Plastic pollution is not just a city, river or sea problem," the study's co-author told Newsweek.

Once touted as an indestructible magic material, plastics have proven they are, indeed, long lasting - often ending up in our oceans, polluting reefs and killing wildlife. Here's how to help while you travel.

Scientists analyzed the 2011 Japan earthquake to better understand the global carbon cycle.

More than 50 percent of the world's oceans will change color if global temperatures continue to rise on their current trajectory.

The masses of plastic could starve deep-sea ecosystems and hard animals, scientists fear.

Rising global temperatures have led to the devastation coral reefs and melting polar ice caps.

Some 5,000 feet beneath the surface of the sea lies a world of weird and wonderful species.

Russia in particular has grabbed headlines with renewed submarine activity in the Atlantic.

Sea lice are not actually lice; they are the larvae of jellyfish and sea anemones. 

A hydrovolcanic explosion could have caused the explosion that hit a tour boat in Hawaii.

An unattended umbrella with a wooden shaft pierced the skin of a woman on the beach, striking her on the upper-left side of her chest. 

The application Dorsal is working to train artificial intelligence to spot sharks and alert beachgoers by using drones.

One of the most recent island locations to be overrun with lava was Ahalanui Beach Park and the Kua O Ka La Public Charter School.

"A rarely seen horror."

Scientists were in a race against time to find the fragments.

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Lifeguards are flying purple flags to warn beach-goers of the organism that can cause uncomfortable stings and a rash.

Officials cleared up the gelatinous creatures with cleaning boats and even tractors.

About 70 percent of the world is covered by oceans.

Unlike the mucus in our noses, which appears amorphous and blobby, the mucous sheets of these ocean grazers can be structured into ornate meshes and nets.

Almost a third of coastlines around the world not covered in ice are sandy beaches.

Russia's submersible drone, known to Russia as Poseidon and to the U.S. as Kanyon, may change nuclear warfare as we know it.

Climate change is rapidly warming the Earth and altering ecosystems on land and at sea that produce our food.

How long can you hold your breath underwater? These people can hold theirs for up to 13 minutes.

If there is any silver lining to these events, it may be that many of the disturbances killing corals are acute: They occur just for a short period of time and then disappear, potentially allowing corals to recover before the next disturbance.

The video "brilliantly shows the otherness of deep-sea life."