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So many nurdles.
oceans

Texas's Gulf Coast Is Being Battered by 'Nurdle' Pollution

The tiny pellets used to make plastic products are washing up everywhere, posing a huge environmental threat.
Julissa Treviño July 18, 2019
Seaweed blankets a beach in Martinique.
beaches

Welcome to the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt, the Seaweed Superhighway

Researchers suspect that the smelly macroalgae will keep piling up on ocean shores.
Jessica Leigh Hester July 5, 2019
Mahurangi Sunsets.
Pohuehue, New Zealand

Mahurangi Harbour

A drowned river valley that was important to the Maori and European settlers.
Red <em>Noctiluca scintillans</em> leave neon trails along beaches near Taiwan’s Matsu Islands.
science

China’s Bioluminescent Blue Tears Are Beautiful and Associated With Toxic Blooms

And scientists are making new discoveries about them using satellite imagery.
Jonathan Carey June 14, 2019
Time has marbled the bottles to a shell-like sheen, and Christie's has sealed the tops with fresh red wax.
ships

For Sale: 300-Year-Old 'Shipwreck Wine' Rescued From the Bottom of the Sea

It may still be safe to drink.
Reina Gattuso May 30, 2019
The water was found inside a sediment core from the Maldives archipelago.
science

Found: 20,000-Year-Old Seawater From the Ice Age

It was stored inside limestone beneath the seafloor.
Matthew Taub May 30, 2019
Vaadhoo, Maldives

Sea of Stars

Bioluminescence in the reefs of the Maldives causes the sea to glow like a starry night sky.
This <em>Aplidium stellatum</em> came ashore near Destin, Florida.
beach

The Secret Life of 'Sea Pork,' The Organ-Like Blobs on Your Beach

Contains no actual pork.
Jessica Leigh Hester May 15, 2019
A tubeworm growing from under an outcrop, surrounded by other deep sea species.
atlantic

Found: For the First Time, Deep Sea Tube Worms Near the U.S. East Coast

You never know what you'll find when you turn over a rock.
Jonathan Carey May 10, 2019
A CPR entangled in a plastic bag.
oceans

How a 90-Year-Old Quest for Plankton Uncovered Early Plastic Pollution

All praise to the tireless continuous plankton recorder.
Sabrina Imbler April 30, 2019
The lagoon at Heron Island, speckled with reef halos.
landscapes

Scientists Come Closer to Solving the Mystery of Coral Reef Halos

These light blue rings can be seen from space.
Sabrina Imbler April 24, 2019
Subway cars set sail on a barge in "Weeks 297, 2008."
subways

Photographing the New York City Subway Cars That Retired as Artificial Reefs

How Stephen Mallon captured this unusual voyage to the bottom of the ocean.
Winnie Lee March 29, 2019
In Svalbard, Norway, a Triassic channel still extends from an outcrop.
geology

Found: The Largest River Delta the Earth Has Ever Seen

Everything is bigger in Pangaea.
Jonathan Carey March 28, 2019
Pieces of these phones have been washing up on a Brittany beach for more than 30 years.
telephones

Solved: The 35-Year-Old Mystery of the Garfield Phones on a French Beach

A storm, a secret cave, and an ocean full of plastic.
Emma Jacobs March 28, 2019
Giant isopods descend on a reptilian banquet.
science

Scientists Dropped Dead Gators to the Seafloor to See What Bites

It takes a lot to go from the bayou to the deep sea.
Sabrina Imbler March 28, 2019
The Solomon Islands include both low-lying atolls and larger landmasses.
islands

How Alarming Is It That Islands Are Just Disappearing?

Very, but the story of sea level rise is a lot more complicated than that.
Dan Nosowitz March 27, 2019
Delicate branching corals in the lagoon at Dravuni Island, Fiji.
animals

Seabird Poop Can Be Good for Coral Reefs

The eternal, ecological, excremental connection between sea, land, and sky.
Evan Nicole Brown March 26, 2019
A flurry of marine snow falls to the seafloor off the Gulf of Mexico.
cemeteries

Marine Snow Has Cooled the Planet With Dead Plankton for Millions of Years

The bodies of the tiny organisms lock away enormous amounts of carbon dioxide, and they’re in danger.
Sabrina Imbler March 15, 2019