For decades, oceanographers measured something that did not make sense. Surface ocean waters, saturated with oxygen, were ...

Satellite observations have documented a pronounced decline in Antarctic sea ice extent since 2014, with especially sharp losses in recent years. Whether Antarctica's declining sea ice can recover ...

Few things in nature are as predictable as ocean tides. Driven by the moon's and sun's gravitational pull, these persistent, short-period, and large-magnitude phenomena are apparent in nearly all ...

A continued record-breaking ocean temperature with increasing in stratification and changes in water salinity pattern give insight into what the future holds amidst a perpetually heating climate. The ...

According to our new research, one byproduct of deep-sea wind farming is that the foundations of these floating turbines could help reverse the damaging effects of climate change on such seas. In ...

The Earth’s climate has fluctuated between cold and warm periods for millions of years. During the so-called “lukewarm interglacials” – warm phases between 800,000 and 430,000 years ago – atmospheric ...

The Pacific plays a central role in regulating weather, marine food supplies and coastal economies. The recent warming trend is a cause for major concern.