Bacteria riding on sinking ocean particles can erode the mineral ballast that helps those particles descend, slowing the delivery of carbon to the deep sea and potentially weakening one of the ...

As any diver knows, oceans can be cloudy places. Even on sunny days, snow-like particles drift through the water column, obscuring the aquatic world below. Scientists have long known that this “marine ...

Midcoast Maine received several more inches of snow and it's not because of a winter storm, but the ocean. The snow began early Thursday morning, lasting through much of the afternoon, with ...