Here's why it's important. A giant mass of seaweed threatens beach season in the U.S. A giant mass of seaweed threatens beach season in the U.S. Why is an ocean current critical to world weather ...

But the Worldwide Fund for Nature estimates that 10% of ocean plastic is actually lost or abandoned fishing gear, and that between 500,000 to 1 million tons of this “ghost gear” enters the ...

Tyrannosaurus Rex Tyrannosaurus rex arose during the Cretaceous period about 85 million years ago, and thrived as a top land ...

Oceanxplorers, a new documentary series from National Geographic, invites us to dive ... of the most remote and uncharted regions of the ocean. From the warm waters of the Caribbean to the frigid ...

Since National Geographic began making maps in 1915 ... the ACC transports more water than any other ocean current. It pulls in waters from the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, helping ...

This story appears in the June 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine ... Lapointe thinks climate change may be altering ocean currents, carrying sargassum to places it’s rarely been ...

"If I were speaking to all the leaders at Rio+20 I'd say this is not [a choice between] the ocean or ourselves," said marine ecologist Enric Sala, a National Geographic explorer-in-residence.

This story appears in the November 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine ... 30 or more islands about 500 miles south of Tokyo. Ocean currents are key to the marine diversity, bathing ...

This story appears in the October 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine ... concluded that the ocean doesn't have nearly enough fish left to support the current onslaught.

This story appears in the June 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine ... when changes in temperature, rainfall, and ocean currents force striking fluctuations in weather and food availability ...