NASA’s ICESat-2 Mission Maps 16 Years of Melting Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets
Using the most advanced Earth-observing laser instrument NASA has ever flown in space, a team of scientists led by the University of Washington has made…
Using the most advanced Earth-observing laser instrument NASA has ever flown in space, a team of scientists led by the University of Washington has made…
An international research project has revealed the highest levels of microplastic ever recorded on the seafloor, with up to 1.9 million pieces in a thin…
A new way of looking at marine evolution over the past 540 million years has shown that levels of biodiversity in our oceans have remained…
Through the assessment of the 1062 marine protected areas (MPAs) in the Mediterranean Sea, covering 6% of the Mediterranean Basin, a research team led by…
Climate change and warming seas are transforming tropical coral reefs and undoing decades of knowledge about how to protect these delicate and vital ecosystems. Many…
The Arctic Ocean in summer will very likely be ice-free before 2050, at least temporally. The efficacy of climate-protection measures will determine how often and…
Researchers present new evidence that the deoxygenation of the ocean wiped out biodiversity during one of the “Big Five” mass extinctions in Earth’s history –…
An estimated 150-foot (45-meter) siphonophore — seemingly the longest animal ever recorded was discovered during a month-long scientific expedition exploring the submarine canyons near Ningaloo….
Diminishing sea ice translates to warmer ocean, more rain, and stronger trade winds. Arctic and Antarctic ice loss will account for about one-fifth of the…
Shelf sediments, freshwater runoff from rivers brings more carbon, nutrients to North Pole. Trace elements may increase with future Arctic melt releasing dissolved organic matter…
The Ocean’s ‘Biological Pump’ Captures Twice as Much Carbon as Expected Every spring in the Northern Hemisphere, the ocean surface erupts in a massive bloom…
Virginia Tech researchers discovered genes for cellular metabolic cycles in the genomes of giant viruses. In satellite photos of the Earth, clouds of bright green…
Bacteria live in tiny clay-filled cracks in solid rock deep beneath the sea. Newly discovered single-celled creatures living deep beneath the seafloor have given researchers…
Staring into the vortex: MIT scientists describe factors governing how oceans and atmospheres move heat around on Earth and other planetary bodies. Imagine a massive…
A previously unknown significant source of carbon just discovered in the Arctic has scientists marveling at a once overlooked contributor to local coastal ecosystems —…
New international research has found a worrying change in the Indian Ocean’s surface temperatures that puts southeast Australia on course for increasingly hot and dry…
One week is all it takes for a piece of plastic floating in the ocean to begin to smell like turtle food. New research from…
Drifting algae in the Austral Ocean can bring invasive species to the Antarctic coasts, according to a study published in the journal Scientific Reports. The…