Science and the Sea podcast

When neighborhoods start to go downhill, people move away. And today, that’s happening in marine neighborhoods. As the o... Read more

Tiger sharks can boldly go where no diver has gone before—or is likely to go anytime soon. That makes them great researc... Read more

Many Americans have learned a new term in the past few years: atmospheric river. Massive ribbons of water vapor have bro... Read more

A few years ago, some scientists in Australia got a tip from a city council member in a town in the state of Queensland,... Read more

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch isn’t what you think. It’s often depicted as a big “island” of junk—plastic bottles, fis... Read more

A hurricane is like a giant power plant. In a single day, a run-of-the mill hurricane can produce 200 times as much ener... Read more

Nobody likes the booms and cracks of pile drivers and airguns. They’re not only aggravating, but they can cause hearing ... Read more

The giant oceanic manta ray is one of the most graceful fish on Earth—and one of the biggest. Its “wings” can span 20 fe... Read more

Many species of marine life are spread far and wide—across millions of square miles. But others are concentrated in patc... Read more

If you’re one of the ocean’s major predators, you go where the food is—even if it might make you a little dizzy. Scienti... Read more