For deep reef divers, descending into the ocean’s mesophotic layer can feel like exploring the moon. Discovering never-before ...

The oceanic "twilight zone" lies deep, and teems with life. We look at how this mysterious zone affects climate change. Sponsor Message : [POST-BROADCAST CORRECTION Aug. 4, 2025: A previous version of ...

FALMOUTH -- The story of the ocean is one of depths and mysteries as vast as space, where more is unknown than understood. This story specifically, though, is about a place where light and shadow meet ...

It's a rule of thumb -- or fin -- for the ocean: The deeper you dive, the weirder things get. Now, a new exhibit lets visitors jump straight into the strangest layer of the ocean, bringing the ...

How will global warming impact marine ecosystems? This is a critical question when addressing future climate change. Sustained climate change may have a particularly large negative effect on one of ...

Mr. Fox is an author who grew up on an island off the coast of Maine. He spent the last three years reporting on climate change and its effect on the oceans and extreme weather. To most of us, the ...

A groundbreaking digital exhibition brings deep ocean life to Washington, D.C. Dive beneath the waves and explore the mysteries of the ocean’s twilight zone right in Washington, DC! Join host Felicia ...

Waste plumes from deep-sea mining in the Pacific Ocean could starve key marine life and unravel entire food webs in the ocean’s dim “twilight zone,” according to a groundbreaking study published ...

Ciara Willis, foreground, and co-author Kayla Gardner pose with MOCNESS, a series of big nets that are used to target different ocean depths, on an August 2022 research expedition. How far would you ...

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The mesopelagic zone of the ocean, also called “the twilight zone,” refers to the ocean at an approximate depth of 200m to 1,000m. Beginning just below the sunniest parts of the ocean, the twilight ...