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

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

Veruska De Vita, a learner free diver and open-water swimmer has written a book exploring the magic of the ocean and why its ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

As meteorologists, one of the keys to tracking tropical storms is knowing where to look—depending on the time of year. The ...

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

For consistency, they focused on the open ocean and excluded data from coastal waters ... the patterns they observed were affected by several variables, including sea surface temperature, wind speed, ...