The recent rise in sightings of non-native Asian tiger shrimp off the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts has government scientists working to determine the cause of the increase and the possible consequences for native fish and seafood in those waters.

Scientists have detected a clear change in salinity of the world’s oceans and have found that the cycle that drives rainfall and evaporation has intensified more than thought because of global warming.

Not only did we start collecting data for Expedition 343, we also set a new record in the process. Around 8:30 the next morning, Monica Wolfson, a morning shift watchdog, came by to say that the drilling was approaching the eagerly anticipated depth of 7049.5 meters below the sea surface.

Thousands of scientists from 67 countries have called for an international agreement to close the Arctic high seas to commercial fishing until research reveals more about the freshly exposed waters.

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New research from the American Museum of Natural History shows that America’s Great Plains region may have once been home to some typically sea-bound creatures.

A century after the Titanic sank, the shipwreck at the bottom of the Atlantic still has its place in research and academia.

Jellyfish are increasing in the majority of the world’s coastal ecosystems, according to the first global study of jellyfish abundance by University of British Columbia researchers.

The second USA Science and Engineering Festival is taking place at the Washington Convention Center (WCC) in Washington, D.C. from April 27-29, 2012.

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An international count to estimate the number of ice seals in the Bering Sea region begins this week, with researchers from Russia and the US planning to fly 30,000 square miles and use thermal imagery to pinpoint warm seals on the ice pack.

Piloting a ship and trying to avoid colliding with a group of endangered whales? There’s an app for that.