The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum (SBMM) will show the documentary “Sequoias of the Sea,” 7-9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8 at 113 Harbor Way, Ste. 190. The film dives into the environmental crisis of ...

Life in the ocean runs on light. It fuels photosynthesis, shapes food webs and determines where many marine species can live.

The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum (SBMM) is pleased to announce the next presentation in its Maritime Distinguished Speaker Series on ...

Just as Earth's skies can be darkened by cloud and smog, the oceans too can be shrouded in darkness. These prolonged periods ...

Scientists have identified a newly recognized threat lurking beneath the ocean’s surface: sudden episodes of underwater ...

Pycnopodia helianthoides, commonly known as the sunflower star, is a massive, vibrantly-colored seastar predator that once ...

The boat bobbed gently off Malibu’s Big Rock Beach as a trio of scientific divers wriggled into wetsuits and double-checked ...

(Santa Barbara, Calif) — The kelp forest is ephemeral, yet foundational. Fronds of this fast-growing giant seaweed come and go with the seasons, storms and waves, supporting communities of fish, ...

What's green, slimy and in decline along the North Coast? Kelp forests, which have diminished in recent years due to climate change and human impacts. In response to the decline of kelp forests in ...

A giant sea bass swims amid kelp at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach. Kelp is highly sensitive to environmental changes. Fluctuations in temperature, light availability, nutrients and ...