A study predicts the extension of the Gibraltar Strait subduction zone into the Atlantic, potentially creating an Atlantic ring of fire in about 20 million…
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The Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission captured a significant algae bloom around the Falkland Islands in 2023, underscoring the role of ocean currents in supporting marine ecosystems…
Bottom trawling significantly contributes to atmospheric carbon emissions by disturbing ocean sediments, a study finds. This method not only harms marine ecosystems but also releases…
NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) spacecraft launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40…
This illustration by Benjamin Storer shows oceanic weather systems (mesoscale eddies) from data overlaid with atmospherically driven climate-scale currents (black lines), which can be extracted…
Satellite image of Cabo Frio’s diverse coastline captured on September 16, 2023, by the Operational Land Imager-2 on Landsat 9. People have long noticed that…
A study by the University of Washington, analyzing an 800-year-old ice core, suggests that phytoplankton populations in the North Atlantic have remained stable since the…
A new study to be published in Nature suggests that the ocean’s capacity to absorb atmospheric carbon dioxide is 20% higher than previously thought, at…
New research reveals that fire-ice, or frozen methane which is trapped as a solid under our oceans, is at risk of melting due to climate…
Recent research has shown that the formation of greenalite in ancient oceans played a crucial role in determining the availability of certain metals, such as…
This looping video shows a series of GOES-17 satellite images that caught an umbrella cloud generated by the underwater eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai…
A new study reveals the critical role of oceanic salt distribution in regulating global climate, linking historical cooling periods such as the Little Ice Age…
A study from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography indicates that meltwater flowing beneath Antarctic glaciers accelerates their ice loss. This effect, termed subglacial…
July 2002 – June 2022 Two decades of satellite measurements show that the sea surface is shading toward green. The deep-blue sea is turning a…
NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) spacecraft in orbit over Earth. Credit: NASA GSFC The PACE spacecraft completed a vital month-long thermal test at…
Alkalinity affects the uptake of CO2 and contributes to the long-term buffering capacity of the ocean. Credit: Hereon/Nele Lehmann A recent study by Hereon examines…
This visualization depicts bathymetric features of the western Atlantic Ocean Basin, including the continental shelf, captured by satellite. Credit: NOAA’s National Environmental Satellite and Information…
A microscope image of a shelled plankton. According to research from The University of Texas at Austin, plankton populations like this flourished in the tropics…
The oceans absorb carbon dioxide and play a critical role in reducing global warming. However, according to a study by The University of Texas at…
Mesopelagic fishes are an important element of marine food webs, a huge, still mostly untapped food resource, and great contributors to the biological carbon pump,…