Pine Island Glacier ends in an ice shelf that floats in the Amundsen Sea. These crevasses are near the grounding line, where the glacier makes…
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The peer-reviewed workshop report is the product of a four-day virtual workshop between experts selected by a 12-person Scientific Steering Committee assembled by the Intergovernmental…
A new study by Earth scientists from Yale and the College of the Atlantic has turned up a massive die-off of sharks roughly 19 million…
An example of a chain of salps floating in the ocean. Credit: Photo by Lars Plougmann Florida State University researchers have more insight into a…
Ice core researcher Don Voigt examines an ice core at the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Divide (WAIS Divide) project. Credit: Photograph by Gifford Wong A…
Nation’s ability to predict sea-level rise boosted with record going back to 10,000 years ago. Climate scientists at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU, Singapore)…
A new study has turned up a massive die-off of sharks roughly 19 million years ago. The biggest shark attack in history did not involve…
Launching the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, a new UNEP/FAO report says the world must deliver on existing commitments to restore at least 1 billion…
Small marine “snowflakes” are very important for the nutrient balance of the oceans. The particle shown here is highly magnified – in reality, small particles…
Transmission electron microscope images of magnetofossils with examples of cuboctahedra (top center, rounded) and elongated prisms (bottom center, square). Credit: Courtney Wagner/University of Utah Fifty-six…
Manipulator arm on the HyBIS hybrid remotely operated vehicle collecting crust samples from the Rio Grande Rise. Credit: Bramley Murton Researchers conducted the first large-scale…
Sub-mesoscale ocean dynamics, like eddies and small currents, are responsible for the swirling pattern of these phytoplankton blooms (shown in green and light blue) in…
Scientists have proposed the first steps towards a united global plan to save our oceans, for the sake of human health. An interdisciplinary European collaboration…
The Orpheus submersible robot is being developed by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute and JPL to explore the deep ocean autonomously. Orpheus uses vision-based navigation that…
Today, Antarctic winds usually blow from the continent out to the sea. Credit: Svein Østerhu The Antarctic ice sheet was even more unstable in the…
If Paris Agreement targets are not met, the collapse of melting Antarctic ice shelves — like the Wilkins Ice Shelf in 2009 — could cause…
The aquarium system in which scientists submitted Northern red sea corals to various temperatures. Credit: Maoz Fine EPFL scientists are beginning to understand why corals…
Vatnajökull Glacier. Microplastics have been found in a remote area of Vatnajökull glacier, Europe’s largest ice cap. In a recent article in Sustainability, scientists from…
One of the first photographs of a sediment trap sample shows pellets, aggregates, and shells that make up sinking “marine snow.” Credit: © Woods Hole…