The Surprising Cause of Hawaii’s Snorkeling Deaths Snorkeling deaths caused by rapid onset pulmonary edema may be as common, or more so, than the accidental inhalation of water.

The oceans connect us all. They cover two-thirds of our blue planet and contain most of the life on Earth. They are as important to us as they are vast. But the oceans face many threats — from ...

Just 6 kilometers (about 4 miles) of briny water separate the ocean's surface from the depths known as the hadal zone. Yet for as much as we know what lurks in its cold darkness, it might as well be ...

An unusual number of tropical storms churned across the planet’s southern oceans simultaneously in February 2025. In a rare meteorological event, six tropical cyclones churned across the South Pacific ...