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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.
Salt has played a crucial role in the history of Greece. The salt used in antiquity likely came from the salt flats in ...
Scan a modern sea-surface-temperature map and it looks like a painter spilled warm colors across the planet —except for one ...
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 ...