Research shows these channels allow seawater and nutrients to flow in and out, helping to maintain reef health over millions of years.

Biofilms deposited by living organisms reduce the accumulation of small particles, while areas of bare sand can be microplastics hotspots.

The color-correcting tool, known as “SeaSplat,” reveals more realistic colors of underwater features.

New phase will support continued exploration of ideas and solutions in fields ranging from AI to nanotech to climate — with emphasis on educational exchanges and entrepreneurship.

Professor Thomas Peacock’s research aims to better understand the impact of deep-sea mining.

These big fish get most of their food from the ocean’s “twilight zone,” a deep, dark region the commercial fishing industry is eyeing with interest.

A new international collaboration unites MIT and maritime industry leaders to develop nuclear propulsion technologies, alternative fuels, data-powered strategies for operation, and more.

A small fleet of autonomous surface vessels forms a large sonar array for finding submerged objects.

The scientists’ wide-scale acoustic mapping technique could help track vulnerable keystone species.

As climate change accelerates sea-level rise and intensifies storms, marsh-fronted seawalls can provide an economical coastal defense, MIT engineers report.