The discovery came as scientists from different organizations were aboard the Healy, one of two polar-class Coast Guard ...

Nov. 8, 2024 — New research reveals for the first time how a major Antarctic ice shelf has been subjected to increased melting by warming ocean waters over the last four decades. Scientists say ...

Circular ocean currents, called “eddies,” play an important role in supplying nutrients for marine life and can stimulate ...

Ocean sciences span the physics, chemistry, and biology of marine systems. The field encompasses ocean circulation, energy dissipation, marine biology, ecology, biogeochemical cycles, water mass ...

New research published by University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa oceanographers showed that eddies on the leeward side of the ...

A 6-mile-think shell of methane ice on Saturn's moon Titan could assist in the hunt for life signs arising from this moon's ...

Beyond colorful coral reefs and diverse nearshore ecosystems, Pacific Ocean waters surrounding the Hawaiian Islands have ...

NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft (illustrated here with Jupiter in the background) will come within ... the same size as our moon but hides a vast ocean beneath its icy exterior, potentially ...

A background essay on the Ming Dynasty ... It continued to Ceylon and then to Calicut, known as "the great country of the Western Ocean." Traveling through the Straits of Malacca on its return, the ...

Nigel Pickford has spent a lifetime searching for sunken treasure—without leaving dry land.

Beyond colorful coral reefs and diverse nearshore ecosystems, the Pacific Ocean waters surrounding the Hawaiian Islands have ...

A bleached coral is not dead, but ocean temperatures need to cool off for any hope of recovery. At least 14% of the world’s remaining corals were estimated to have died in the previous two ...