More accurate maps based on data from the SWOT mission can improve underwater navigation and result in greater knowledge of ...

Could lumpy metallic rocks in the deepest, darkest reaches of the ocean be making oxygen in the absence of sunlight?

Oceans hold onto this heat for longer than the land does and ocean currents ... oceanic surface currents and are found in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. The map below shows the ...

A new study has revealed that changes in the ocean floor impacts currents, giving new insight into the deep-sea pathways of nutrients and pollutants. The study, published in Nature Geoscience by ...

The authors of the new study used satellite data to map the accumulation of sediment ... may help periodically maintain some of the ocean's deep currents in the event that global warming decreases ...

Work in Japan and Australia has revealed that a deep-ocean current is carrying frigid water rapidly northward from Antarctica along the edge of a giant underwater plateau. Understanding such ...

these powerful currents beneath the ocean surface carve deep submarine canyons, create huge sediment deposits and can damage submarine cables and pipelines. Although the phenomenon has been known ...

The nightmare scenario of Atlantic Ocean currents collapsing, with weather running amok and putting Europe in a deep freeze, looks unlikely this century, a new study concludes. In recent years ...