Analyzing the Risk of Catastrophic Antarctic Ice Shelf Collapse From Surface Melting
There’s a speed limit on the damage surface ponds can do to ice shelves, but that doesn’t mean they’re not dangerous. Dangers to ancient Antarctic…
There’s a speed limit on the damage surface ponds can do to ice shelves, but that doesn’t mean they’re not dangerous. Dangers to ancient Antarctic…
A Florida State University researcher has uncovered a new geophysical phenomenon where a hurricane or other strong storm can spark seismic events in the nearby…
Newly understood factors make ice shelves more vulnerable to breakup according to College of Wooster, University of Colorado at Boulder study. According to a recent…
A mystery that has baffled scientists for more than two decades is being solved by new study on the chemistry of the oceans during ice…
How do you weigh a living whale? The obvious response is very carefully, but scientists can’t exactly put these large marine mammals on a scale….
Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) study reveals the effects of Hurricane Nicole on deep-sea ecosystems and the carbon cycle. In early October 2016, a tropical storm…
Rutgers-led study casts doubt on Himalayan rock weathering hypothesis. A key theory that attributes the climate evolution of the earth to the breakdown of Himalayan…
Delicate wash cycles in washing machines were found to release more plastic microfibers than other cycles. New research led by Newcastle University has shown that…
While collecting water samples and plankton in Tampa Bay, researchers discovered a high concentration of microplastics, which are known to disrupt the marine food chain….
These top predators travel far across the Pacific, returning to the same areas in the Southern California Bight each year. The largest effort ever to…
The middle of the Earth’s oceans are filled with vast systems of rotating currents known as subtropical gyres. These regions occupy 40% of the Earth’s…
Submerged system uses the vibration of “piezoelectric” materials to generate power and send and receive data. To investigate the vastly unexplored oceans covering most of…
In recent years, the idea of life on other planets has become less far-fetched. NASA announced on June 27 that it will send a vehicle…
When a coastal tide rolls out, it can reveal beautiful ripples in the temporarily exposed sand. These same undulating patterns can also be seen in…
Subtropical gyres are huge, sustained currents spanning thousands of kilometers across the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, where very little grows. With nutrients in short supply,…
A study in the journal Bulletin of Marine Science describes a new, blood-red species of octocoral found in Panama. The species in the genus Thesea…
They’re impossible to see with the naked eye. They’re difficult to pronounce. But coccolithophores, a single-celled plankton, have an outsized effect on oceans due to…
Regardless of the amount of winter ice cover, the waters off of the Alaskan coast usually come alive each spring with blooms of phytoplankton. These…