Rip currents can sweep away even the strongest swimmers. Rescues can quickly turn to tragedy when a rescuer gets caught in ...

The twilight zone, or mesopelagic layer, is a hauntingly beautiful stretch of ocean where light diminishes rapidly with depth. Sunlight here is too faint for photosynthesis, leaving a perpetual ...

During the migratory route, the elephant seals enter the "twilight zone" -- also known as the mesopelagic zone -- a layer of the ocean that extends from about 656 feet to 3,280 feet below the ...

Rocha, whose studies focus on ocean life between 200 and 500 feet deep, was attracted to twilight zone reefs because of their mystery. “Every dive we do to those depths (leads to) a new ...

This summer, the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico covers a swath of ocean nearly the size of Massachusetts. It has more than doubled in size in the last 20 years.” Addendum: The Times Online reports ...

Rocha, whose studies focus on ocean life between 200 and 500 feet deep, was attracted to twilight zone reefs because of their mystery. “Every dive we do to those depths (leads to) a new ...

Every year, a massive “dead zone” develops in the Gulf of Mexico — a region where algae destroys almost all the oxygen in the ocean. No fish or other life forms can survive there.

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This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Unchecked global warming would lead to a rapid expansion of oxygen ...

The mid-ocean ridges of the world are connected and form a single global mid-oceanic ridge system that is part of every ocean, ... At the subduction zone, "slab-pull" comes into effect.

Many coastal areas of the world’s oceans are being starved of oxygen at an alarming rate, with vast stretches along the seafloor depleted of it to the point where they can barely sustain marine ...