Whales, dolphins and seals live in tight-knit societies that rival primate groups in complexity, and those same bonds are ...

Microscopic ocean algae produce a huge share of Earth’s oxygen—but they need iron to do it. New field research shows that ...

Scientists uncover how ancient ocean salt controlled carbon storage and shaped global temperatures at the end of the last ice ...

A new analysis of stress, tides and interior forces suggests Jupiter’s icy moon Europa lacks the active seafloor faulting ...

Climate change is warming Europe, but scientists are also studying whether a weakened Atlantic current could make Britain colder, with Laurie Laybourne, director of the Strategic Climate Risks ...

"Our findings indicate that ocean circulation patterns in the North Pacific were more dynamic than previously thought," said Associate Professor Gengo Tanaka from Center for Water Cycle, Marine ...

Woodeltia sorapuchiensis gen. et sp. nov. A newly described species from early-Miocene Japan that later adapted to cold Pliocene environments in Hokkaido, providing insights into the genus’s ...

Rising global temperatures are reducing Arctic Ocean sea ice, and new research has explored the connection between that melting ice and changing water circulation patterns that can impact weather ...

The deepest parts of the Arctic Ocean are experiencing unprecedented warming that scientists warn could accelerate disruptions to food systems and global weather patterns. New research published by ...

Tunnels of cold water from Antarctica may have driven a chill in the Western Pacific Warm Pool 1.5 million years ago. Credit: NOAA About 1.5 million years ago, the mid-depth waters of the tropical ...

A team of researchers including oceanographer Lia Siegelman of UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography co-authored a new study that describes storm-like ocean circulation patterns beneath ...