Founded in 1995, ARGO.net provides ocean, water, and wider science coverage from the United States. We publish science news, clear explainers, and accessible statistics with context, care, and a sense of wonder.
Oceans and related water systems are central to our editorial identity. We cover oceanography, marine environments, freshwater, hydrology, climate, coasts, ice, and the technologies used to observe them, alongside discoveries across the wider sciences.
What We Cover
We place particular emphasis on oceans and water while covering research across space, Earth systems, biology, health, physics, chemistry, technology, nature, and the human world. Our news, explainers, and statistical features are built around public source material such as peer-reviewed studies, university releases, agency updates, journal announcements, research datasets, and institution briefings.
ARGO.net Science focuses on discoveries and evidence that help readers understand how the world works. That may mean a changing ocean current, a freshwater study, a new telescope result, an unusual fossil, a climate finding, a medical discovery, a material science breakthrough, a statistical comparison, or a mission update from a space agency.
We try to make technical research and data readable without sanding away the science. Claims are tied back to named studies, institutions, researchers, agencies, or datasets whenever possible.
Our Science Bylines
Many ARGO.net Science articles credit the university, laboratory, agency, research group, or named researcher most closely connected with the source material. This is common in science publishing, where readers often want to know where the underlying research came from.
Original explainers, guides, analysis, statistics, and other collectively prepared work may use the ARGO.net Editorial Team byline. It means the article was prepared and reviewed under our editorial process rather than credited to a single researcher or institution.
Editorial responsibility for ARGO.net Science remains with our editorial team. You can learn more on our Editorial Team page and our Editorial Policy.
Contact
For corrections, rights questions, story tips, or editorial questions, email contact@argo.net.
Last updated: July 15, 2026