A planned mining method to gather critical minerals from the seafloor would create sediment plumes higher up in the water column where many creatures live.
Scientists use satellite data to find ocean zones where trash naturally gathers for easier, faster, and cleaner clean-up.
Boundary currents in the ocean impact our climate on a wide range of scales. The Gulf Stream, for example, being one of the prominent western boundary ...
This weekend the M209 expedition ‘BASIS’ led by GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel has started. An international team is investigating the largely unexplored deep seas off the Cape Verde ...
Experts have been working on mapping the ocean floor with traditional methods, sending ships across the water with sonar ...
A new detailed map of Antarctica is set to significantly improve predictions of how ice flows and melts in response to ...
Most climate models now show that cutting emissions won’t be enough to curb global warming, leading to new interest in carbon ...
For decades, scientists have had better maps of the Moon and Mars than of Earth’s own ocean floor. But thanks to NASA’s ...
More accurate maps based on data from the SWOT mission can improve underwater navigation and result in greater knowledge of how heat and life move around the world's oceans.