Antarctica’s ice sheet showed major instability in the Miocene due to warming and rainfall-driven feedback…
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Oceanography is the scientific study of the oceans and seas, encompassing the physical, chemical, biological, and geological aspects of marine environments. It explores everything from ocean currents and climate interactions to deep-sea ecosystems and seafloor geology. Oceanographers investigate how oceans influence weather, regulate the Earth’s climate, and support a vast array of life. They also examine the impact of human activity on marine systems, from pollution to climate change. This page presents the latest findings in oceanographic research, revealing new insights into the dynamics and mysteries of our planet’s oceans.
NASA’s EXPORTS mission investigates how ocean processes move carbon into the deep sea, supporting climate…
Antarctic ice sheet is more likely to remain stable if Paris climate agreement is met.…
EPFL scientists are beginning to understand why corals in the Gulf of Aqaba, along with…
Scientists have found microplastics in Iceland’s Vatnajökull glacier, raising alarms about their role in glacier…
Climate projections could be off by five years, researchers find. The ocean’s “biological pump” describes…
Internal tides, or internal waves, can reach hundreds of feet underneath the ocean surface, but…
Pacific Heat Bombs Accelerate Arctic Sea Ice Melt A team led by physical oceanographers at…
Paleontologists working in museum collections in Italy, Switzerland, and Germany have identified five additional specimens…
New research shows that the Red Sea is a geologically mature ocean basin, not a…
Researchers work to map shallow waters with freely available data and cloud computing. The shallow…
Using ancient barite deposits, scientists discovered that Earth’s first land emerged 3.7 billion years ago,…
Researchers from the Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research at the University of Bern have,…
North Pacific loggerhead turtles’ years-long oceanic journeys remain poorly understood. Using data from satellite tracking…
Scientists’ Findings Suggest Corals Will Withstand Climate Change Charles Darwin, the British naturalist who championed…
Ancient sea-level rise was driven by melting in North America and Eurasia, not Antarctica, reshaping…
In Greenland, sea-ice may paradoxically warm fjords and accelerate glacier melt under climate change. A…
Study suggests reducing fishing and addressing environmental changes would help cod recover. Overfishing likely did…