Oceanography

Rutgers-led team confirms an important role for viruses that infect algae in marine watersCredit: Jeffrey Krause and Eric Lachenmyer Scientists have confirmed that viruses can kill marine algae called diatoms and that diatom die-offs…
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Research corrects decades of data and suggests that ocean warming occurred in a much more homogenous wayCredit: Duo Chan/Harvard Something odd happened in the oceans in the early 20th century. The North Atlantic and Northeast Pacific…
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Credit: Zhenchang Zhu at NIOZ Salt marshes are important habitats for fish and birds and protect coasts under sea level rise against stronger wave attacks. However, salt marshes themselves are much more vulnerable to these global change…
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Long-term measurements document sea level rise in the ArcticCredit: DTU/DGFI-TUM Over the past 22 years, sea levels in the Arctic have risen an average of 2.2 millimeters per year. This is the conclusion of a Danish-German research team…
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Credit: Zac Cooper/University of Washington In recent years, the idea of life on other planets has become less far-fetched. NASA announced June 27 that it will send a vehicle to Saturn's icy moon, Titan, a celestial body known to harbor…
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Credit: Ratha Grimes The acidification of the oceans is recorded in the crystals of the coral skeleton. This is a new tool for studying past environmental changes and combating climate change. Such is the main conclusion of a study led…
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App now in development will put information in the hands of ship crews and managersCredit: John Calambokidis/Cascadia Research Collective A new model based on daily oceanographic data and the movements of tagged whales has opened the…
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New research reveals a dramatic rebalancing of young corals from tropical to subtropical waters during the last 40 yearsCredit: Nichole Price/Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences Coral reefs are retreating from equatorial…
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Carbon dioxide emissions may trigger a reflex in the carbon cycle, with devastating consequences, study finds. In the brain, when neurons fire off electrical signals to their neighbors, this happens through an "all-or-none" response. The…
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2013/2014 marine heatwave in South Atlantic and drought in South America caused by massive convection over Indian OceanCredit: Dr. Regina Rodrigues New research has found the record-breaking South American drought of 2013/14 with its…
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Credit: Brian Lapointe, Ph.D., Florida Atlantic University's Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. ( July 4, 2019).--Scientists led by the USF College of Marine Science used NASA satellite observations…
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Scientists make an inventory of microbial life in the world's most remote ocean region, the South Pacific GyreCredit: Tim Ferdelman / Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology The middle of the South Pacific is as far away from land as…
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On an 18-day voyage July 18 -- August 4, 2019 US/Canadian team of experts and students to measure vital signs of polar ocean environment, offer real time reportsCredit: Lars Lehnert A team of natural and social scientists, supported by 25…
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Credit: NASA/Hubble WASHINGTON--New research explains why salt crystals are piling up on the deepest parts of the Dead Sea's floor, a finding that could help scientists understand how large salt deposits formed in Earth's…
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