An international research team led by the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon has, for the first time, succeeded in visualizing and ...

A laser-equipped research platform has, for the first time, photographed airflow just millimeters above ocean waves, ...

For years, scientists have debated whether a giant thick ice shelf once covered the entire Arctic Ocean during the coldest ...

Home to white sand beaches, crystal clear waters, forested mountains, and an outstanding food and wine scene, Lucy Bryson’s ...

Plastic pollution tends to float near the surface and build up in large, rotating ocean currents known as gyres. The ...

Evidence of algae growth and climate simulations reveal the Arctic had seasonal ice, not a permanent ice shelf, for much of ...

The international team, led by Dr. Marc Buckley from the Hereon Institute of Coastal Ocean Dynamics, has achieved a breakthrough in high-resolution ...

Nanoplastics—particles smaller than a human hair—can pass through cell walls and enter the food web. New research suggest 27 million metric tons of nanoplastics are spread across just the top layer of ...

These open-ocean polynyas form when stratification weakens enough to allow vertical mixing. As the upper ocean loses its fresh layer, warmer water can reach the surface, melting ice and preventing ...

New research challenges the long-held belief that the Arctic Ocean was covered by a massive ice shelf during ice ages.

This year, head to Tomales Bay in Northern California to discover the magical "Northern Lights of the Sea" for yourself.

The SpaceX Dragon’ Grace’ spacecraft carrying astronauts Shubhanshu Shukla from India, Peggy Whitson from the US, Slawosz ...