Oceans comprise about 96.5% of the water-covered surface (71%) of the Earth. Surprisingly, the salinity of these huge bodies ...

A report from a European news wire agency on the reversal of an important ocean current has sparked alarm online.

Scan a modern sea-surface-temperature map and it looks like a painter spilled warm colors across the planet —except for one ...

Salt has played a crucial role in the history of Greece. The salt used in antiquity likely came from the salt flats in ...

Because salt water draws up heat from the deep ocean and makes it harder for sea ice to regrow - as well as bringing up ...

Florida Tech’s Shannon Barry is a Ph.D. student researching bull shark behavior under associate professor Toby Daly-Engel.

A groundbreaking discovery reveals that the Southern Ocean is undergoing an unprecedented reversal in circulation. Read on to ...

Seabed-origin oil spills pose distinct challenges in marine pollution management due to their complex transport dynamics and ...

A new invited commentary by Ke Chen, associate scientist in the Physical Oceanography department at Woods Hole Oceanographic ...

Nanoplastics—particles smaller than a human hair—can pass through cell walls and enter the food web. New research suggest 27 ...