In the UK we have around 7,723 miles of coastline, with sandy bays, rugged shores, caves and cliffs. Beneath the waves are varied landscapes too, with undersea cliffs, caves, plains and …

The World’s Ocean tool via Google, created in 2009, will allow us a unique opportunity to explore the ocean in a way our oceanographic ancestors could only have dreamed of.

In the article, “Coral Reef: The Ocean’s Coolest Neighborhood,” you learned that coral reefs are very important for the well-being of our planet. the ways that coral reefs benefit the …

The ocean is divided into three zones based on light level and depth. The upper 200 meters (656 feet) of the ocean is called the “Sunlight Zone” (euphotic) where a vast majority of commercial …

Discussions will inspire thinking about how large the ocean ecosystems are that make up much of our planet and how there is still so much to be explored with science.

This course provides an introduction to our amazing Ocean: its shape and depth and how these evolve, the water and what is in it, how the water moves, how the oceans influence weather …

Red and orange light waves have less energy, so they are absorbed near the ocean surface. Blue light penetrates much farther, so blue objects are more visible in the deep.