They found that between 2003 and 2022, 21% of the global ocean—including large expanses of both coastal regions and the open ocean—had become darker.

The most prominent changes in photic zone depth in the open ocean were observed at the top of the Gulf Stream, and around both the Arctic and Antarctic, ...

Over the past two decades, more than one-fifth of the world's oceans, an area exceeding 75 million square kilometers, have ...

The ocean might be deep and mysterious, but not all of its life is bathed in darkness.Close to 90% of marine ecosystems exist in the ocean's so-called "photic zone," or upper 200 meters (656 feet ...

The ocean twilight zone, or mesopelagic zone, is the area of the ocean 600 to 3,200 feet below the surface. It’s where light begins to disappear, but it’s home to some of the most amazing ...

As the marine biologist Peter Herring said, we catch "only the slow, the stupid, the greedy, and the indestructible." But beneath the surface, an ancient, complex, and very serious game is going on.