The Earth’s oceans are like a giant soup, and just like any good recipe, the balance of ingredients is crucial. One of these key ingredients ... Read more The post Ocean Salinity Is Shifting—and It’s ...

Sound waves travel through different types of matter, including liquid water. Importantly, the movement of ocean water can ...

A groundbreaking study reveals that the Transpolar Drift, a major Arctic current, is far more dynamic than once thought. As ...

Remnants of a liquid layer of magma near Earth's core, formed in the first few hundred million years of the planet's history, ...

A new University of Miami study looked at forty years worth of data from across the Atlantic and found cooler waters in deep ...

Mesoscale ocean eddies transport nutrients and energy-rich lipids, helping sustain marine ecosystems far from coasts.

Climate change warms the ocean, causing knock-on effects such as thermal expansion - which leads to a rise in sea level - and changes in ocean currents. The melting of ice both on land and in the sea ...

Other kinds of oceanic noise pollution, such as that caused by seismic surveys — which create the loudest noises detectable in the ocean — also have a significant effect on whales. In 2002, two dead ...

Unseen mountains, valleys, lakes, and rivers lie under Antarctica’s mile-thick ice sheet. Changes to those hidden rivers ...