October 21, 2015 North pole now a lake Instead of snow and ice whirling on the wind, a foot-deep aquamarine lake now sloshes around a webcam stationed at the North Pole.
October 21, 2015 Global warming threatens baby seals As ice levels in the North Atlantic have declined, increasing numbers of seals are ending up stranded along the U.S. East Coast, as far south as the Carolinas, far from where they should be.
October 21, 2015 Help us name the Kraken The elusive giant squid, which can grow to a monstrous 26 feet in length and is likely the source of the Nordic legend of the kraken, has been captured on film at last. But what should we call it?
October 21, 2015 Ancient microbes found in buried Antarctic lake Beneath the icy surface of a buried Antarctic lake, in super-salty water devoid of light and oxygen that is also cold enough to freeze seawater, researchers have now discovered that a diverse community of bacteria has survived for millennia.
October 21, 2015 UN calls for ‘all hands on deck’ to tackle climate change U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged world leaders to throw their weight fully behind the effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on Tuesday, describing climate change as “the defining issue” of our time.
October 21, 2015 Surf's up in the Arctic: Record-high waves seen in 2012 Record-high waves hit Alaska's Beaufort Sea in September 2012, when Arctic sea ice shrank to an extreme summer low, a new study reports.
October 21, 2015 Deadly coral diseases surge near dredging sites In a first study of its kind, researchers have linked dredging to increased sickness in nearby coral reefs.
October 21, 2015 Cousteau lauds scientific research accomplished during 31-day underwater living experiment Fabien Cousteau has a week left in his 31-day underwater living experiment in the Florida Keys, but he's not eager to return to the surface.
October 21, 2015 Divers tussle with 8-foot-long octopus An 8-foot-long octopus plunged at two divers off Bluefish Cove in Carmel, California and they have the pictures to prove it.
October 21, 2015 Epic undersea battle caught on video Thanks to its sharp beak, a small red squid emerged victorious after an epic hour-long battle with a much bigger owlfish, all caught on video last November in Monterey Bay, Calif.