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This map from the NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory shows the amount of heat energy available to Typhoon Haiyan between Oct. 28 and Nov. 3. Darker purple indicates more available energy. Typhoons gain their strength by drawing heat out of the ocean. The path of the storm is marked with the black line in the center of the image.

Why Typhoon Haiyan Caused So Much Damage

Scientists say Typhoon Haiyan is one of the strongest ever recorded, though limited measurements may prevent them from declaring it as the record holder. Still, the storm was devastating: "We had a triple whammy of surge, very high winds and strong rainfall," says one climate scientist.

Divers around the open-ocean aquaculture cage at the Cape Eleuthera Institute in the Bahamas. These cages are not currently used in the Gulf of Mexico, but represent one type of farming technology that could work in the region.

Gulf Of Mexico Open For Fish-Farming Business

For the first time, companies can apply to set up fish farms in U.S. federal waters. The government says the move will help reduce American dependence on foreign seafood and improve security.

Former Miss USA Tara Conner at a photo shoot for the proposed Trump on the Ocean project at Jones Beach State Park, N.Y., in 2006.

This Woman Stopped A Donald Trump Project — But Wants Him To Be President

Pat Friedman fought Donald Trump's efforts to build a big restaurant and banquet hall on a public beach on Long Island for six years.

What we know about the search for the missing Titan submersible

The hunt continues for the submersible that went missing on Sunday while journeying to view the sunken Titanic. "Banging" noises detected by rescue crews have caused them to expand their search.

Debris from the Titan submersible, recovered from the ocean floor near the wreck of the Titanic, is unloaded from the ship Horizon Arctic at the Canadian Coast Guard pier in St. John's, Newfoundland, Wednesday, June 28, 2023.

Presumed human remains and more Titan debris have been recovered, Coast Guard says

The news came hours after the announcement that debris from the Titan, collected from the seafloor more than 12,000 feet below the surface of the North Atlantic, had arrived in Newfoundland.

Rescuers race against time to find the missing Titanic submersible

The search continues for the submersible carrying five people to see the Titanic wreckage. It went missing on Sunday. Authorities say the sub's oxygen supply will likely run out by Thursday morning.

Flights Into The Stratosphere Study Changes To Atmospheric Rivers

Scientists are racing to better understand atmospheric rivers, bands of moisture that start in the tropics and can bring torrential rain to the U.S. They're projected to intensify with climate change.

Martin Schreibman with a few of his tilapia friends in his Brooklyn lab.

Urban Fish Farming: Wave Of The Future?

A Brooklyn researcher says raising fish in city warehouses could be a solution to depleted oceans, chemically raised farm fish and mislabeled seafood. Plus, think of the fertilizer! Would you grow your vegetables in a tank of tilapia?

Among the creatures that survived the trans-Pacific trek aboard the Japanese dock was this sea star, which was found inside the float.

Is Japanese Dock A Noah's Ark Or A Trojan Horse?

About 100 tons of marine life rode aboard the huge concrete dock that washed ashore in Oregon earlier this week. Marine biologists were shocked to see that Japanese coastal species survived the trans-Pacific trek, but they are also worried about the risk for invasive species.

Mysterious rubber bales found along the Texas coast could be from WWII

Mysterious rubber bales continue to wash up on the Texas coast. It took a bit for the experts to figure out what they were. Turns out you have to go all the way back to World War II for clues.

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