Oceanography News
June 3, 2025
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June 3, 2025 Collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet could be triggered with very little ocean warming above present-day, leading to a devastating four meters of global sea level rise to play out over hundreds ...
June 3, 2025 A new study has finally confirmed the theory that the cause of extraordinary global tremors in September -- October 2023 was indeed two mega tsunamis in Greenland that became trapped standing waves. Using a brand-new type of satellite altimetry, the ...
June 2, 2025 New research adds to our understanding of how rapidly rising sea levels due to climate change foreshadow the end of the Great Barrier Reef as we know it. The findings suggest the reef can withstand rising sea levels in isolation but is vulnerable to ...
May 30, 2025 While scientists have long studied currents of large eddies, the smaller ones -- called submesoscale eddies -- are notoriously difficult to detect. These currents, which range from several kilometers ...
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May 29, 2025 Hurricane Ida wreaked an estimated $75 billion in total damages and was responsible for 112 fatalities -- including 32 in New Jersey and 16 in New York state. Yet the hurricane could have been even ...
May 29, 2025 Researchers created a detailed physical model that suggests a major Atlantic Ocean current will weaken far less under climate change than indicated by more extreme climate model ...
May 29, 2025 Anthropologists have examined the societal consequences of global glacier loss. This article appears alongside new research that estimates that more than three-quarters of the world's glacier mass ...
May 28, 2025 Scientists show that wolves that are eating sea otters in Alaska have much higher concentrations of mercury than those eating other prey such as deer ...
May 28, 2025 This study measured the growth rate of coral reefs in Honaunau Bay, Hawaii, using on-site data gathering and aerial imagery. Researchers found that the reefs are being eroded by sea urchin ...
May 27, 2025 Humans were making tools from whale bones as far back as 20,000 years ago, according to a new study. This discovery broadens our understanding of early human use of whale remains and offers valuable ...
May 27, 2025 Scientists, who have spent more than a decade examining the impact of artificial light at night on the world's coasts and oceans, have shown that more than one-fifth of the global ocean -- an area ...
May 23, 2025 Plankton may be tiny, but they play an important role in the ocean. As the foundation of marine ecosystems, they support ocean food webs and help regulate Earth's climate by storing carbon. While lab ...
May 20, 2025 Worldwide, coastal areas are squeezed between a rising sea level on one end and human structures on the other. The distance between a sandy coastline and the first human structures averages less than ...
May 23, 2025 As sea levels climb and weather grows more extreme, coastal regions everywhere are facing a creeping threat: salt. Salinization of freshwater and ...
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May 22, 2025 New research examining 11,700 years of bowhead whale persistence throughout the Arctic projects that sea ice loss due to climate change will cause their habitat to severely contract by up to 75 per ...
May 21, 2025 SeaSplat is an image-analysis tool that cuts through the ocean's optical effects to generate images of underwater environments reveal an ocean scene's true colors. Researchers paired the ...
May 21, 2025 Researchers look to extremes in the past to study how the system reacts to imbalances. They detail an overlooked mechanism for how the ocean can help stabilize massive releases of carbon into the ...
May 19, 2025 New research reveals mountain glaciers across the globe will not recover for centuries -- even if human intervention cools the planet back to the 1.5 C limit, having exceeded ...
May 19, 2025 The near-bottom water on the U.S. Northeast continental shelf provides a critical cold-water habitat for the rich regional marine ecosystem. This 'cold pool' preserves winter temperatures, ...
May 16, 2025 New research suggests that the negative effects of the ozone hole on the carbon uptake of the Southern Ocean are reversible, but only if greenhouse gas emissions rapidly decrease. The study finds ...
May 16, 2025 How sensitively does organic carbon stored in soils react to changes in temperature and ...
May 16, 2025 New research from an international group looking at ancient sediment cores in the North Atlantic has for the first time shown a strong correlation between sediment changes and a marked period of ...
May 15, 2025 A new study shows that seagrass ecosystems along the northern half of Florida's Gulf Coast have remained relatively healthy and undisturbed for the last several thousand ...
May 14, 2025 The increasing frequency of once-in-a-decade agricultural and ecological drought has underscored the urgency of studying hydrological changes. A research team has analyzed the estimated changes in ...
May 12, 2025 Engineers have taught a simple submarine robot to take advantage of turbulent forces to propel itself through ...
May 12, 2025 El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is known to have a significant impact on climate across the Pacific, including Hawai'i, and adjacent continents. However, atmospheric scientists have now ...
May 9, 2025 Antarctic krill do not only react to external environmental influences such as light or food. They also use their internal clock to adapt to the extreme conditions of the polar ...
May 8, 2025 Fishing pots fitted with LED lights catch significantly more shrimp and fish, new research ...
May 8, 2025 Scientists have launched an interactive global map to show the migratory patterns of more than 100 marine species in an effort to protect at-risk ...
May 8, 2025 A glacier in Antarctica is committing 'ice piracy' -- stealing ice from a neighbor -- in a phenomenon that has never been observed in such a short time frame, say ...
May 6, 2025 Researchers have released their 2024 U.S. sea level 'report cards,' providing updated analyses of sea level trends and projections for 36 coastal communities. Encompassing 55 years of ...
May 5, 2025 Could the artificial introduction of oxygen revitalise dying coastal waters? While oxygenation approaches have already been proven successful in lakes, their potential side effects must be carefully ...
May 2, 2025 The disappearance of sea ice in polar regions due to global warming not only increases the amount of light entering the ocean, but also changes its color. These changes have far-reaching consequences ...
May 1, 2025 The world's oceans are heating faster in two bands stretching around the globe, one in the southern hemisphere and one in the north, according to climate ...
Thursday, May 22, 2025
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
- Imaging Technique Removes the Effect of Water in Underwater Scenes
- Fool's Gold: A Hidden Climate Stabilizer
Monday, May 19, 2025
- Glaciers Will Take Centuries to Recover Even If Global Warming Is Reversed, Scientists Warn
- Scientists Use Salinity to Trace Changes in the US Northeast Coastal Ocean
Friday, May 16, 2025
- Study Reveals Healing the Ozone Hole Helps the Southern Ocean Take Up Carbon
- Rising Temperatures Lead to Unexpectedly Rapid Carbon Release from Soils
- Ancient Ocean Sediments Link Changes in Currents to Cooling of Northern Hemisphere 3.6 Million Years Ago
Thursday, May 15, 2025
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Monday, May 12, 2025
- Submarine Robot Catches an Underwater Wave
- It's Not Just El Niño: New Climate Phenomenon Impacts Hawai'i Rainfall
Friday, May 9, 2025
Thursday, May 8, 2025
- Scottish Shrimp Study Illuminates New Potential for Bait-Less Fishing
- Database Reveals Vital Ocean Links to Aid Conservation
- Satellites Observe Glacier Committing 'ice Piracy'
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Monday, May 5, 2025
Friday, May 2, 2025
Thursday, May 1, 2025
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
- One of Earth's Ancient Volcanic Mysteries Solved
- 'Scratching' More Than the Ocean's Surface to Map Global Microplastic Movement
- When Sea Stars Fall, Sea Otters Rise: Sea Otters Benefit from Prey Boom Triggered by Loss of Ochre Sea Stars
Monday, April 28, 2025
- Extreme Monsoon Changes Threaten the Bay of Bengal's Role as a Critical Food Source
- Flood Risk Increasing in Pacific Northwest
Friday, April 25, 2025
Thursday, April 24, 2025
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
- Why Are Patagonian Glaciers Rapidly Losing Mass?
- Melting Glaciers at the End of the Ice Age May Have Sped Up Continental Drift, Fueled Volcanic Eruptions
Monday, April 21, 2025
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Monday, April 14, 2025
- Pioneering Research Reveals Arctic Matter Pathways Poised for Major Shifts Amidst Climate Change
- Fishing for Cephalopod DNA Allows for Efficient Marine Surveying
- Deep-Sea Mining Risks Leads Study to Urge Shift to Circular Solutions
Friday, April 11, 2025
- Crustal Brines at an Oceanic Transform Fault
- New Projections Reveal More Extreme Erosion on O'ahu's Shores
Thursday, April 10, 2025
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
- Coral Reefs Exude Myriad Chemicals, Fueling Dynamic Microbial Recycling of Nutrients
- With New Database Researchers May Be Able to Predict Rare Milky Seas Bioluminescent, Glowing Event
Monday, April 7, 2025
Thursday, April 3, 2025
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
- Southern Ocean Warming Will Mean a Wetter West Coast, US
- New Computer Model Reveals How Bronze Age Scandinavians Could Have Crossed the Sea
Monday, March 31, 2025
Friday, March 28, 2025
Thursday, March 27, 2025
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
- Ocean Eddies -- The Food Trucks of the Sea
- Ecosystem Disrupted Following the Disappearance of Great White Sharks
Monday, March 24, 2025
Thursday, March 20, 2025
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Monday, March 17, 2025
Thursday, March 13, 2025
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
- Earth's 'dirty Mirror' Effect Is Accelerating Climate Change
- Arctic Sea Ice Loss Drives Drier Weather Over California and Wetter Over Spain and Portugal
Monday, March 10, 2025
Friday, March 7, 2025
Thursday, March 6, 2025
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
- Flooding Expected Sooner in Hawai'i's Sinking Coastal Areas
- Researchers Quantify the Way Rivers Bend, Opening Up the Possibility for Identifying Origins of Channels on Other Planets
- Footprints of Deep-Sea Mining
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Monday, March 3, 2025
- Sea Otters Help Kelp Forests Recover -- But How Fast Depends on Where They Are
- Melting Antarctic Ice Sheets Will Slow Earth's Strongest Ocean Current
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
- Environmental Impact of Unexploded Ordnance in the Baltic Sea
- Microplastics in Ocean Linked to Disabilities for Coastal Residents
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
- Giant Ice Bulldozers: How Ancient Glaciers Helped Life Evolve
- Longest-Runout Undersea Sediment Flows Analyzed in Unprecedented Detail
Monday, February 24, 2025
- How Young Salmon Navigate a Gauntlet of Danger En Route to the Sea
- Mega-Iceberg from Antarctica on Collision Course With South Georgia: Harbinger of Things to Come?
- Research Provides New Detail on the Impact of Volcanic Activity on Early Marine Life
Friday, February 21, 2025
Thursday, February 20, 2025
- Coastal Erosion Threatens Ancient City, and Many Others
- Scientists Call for Efforts to Protect Habitats of Critically Endangered Shark Species
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
- Nitrogen Fixation on Marine Particles Is Important in the Global Ocean
- Global Retreat of Glaciers Has Strongly Accelerated
- 'Glacial Fracking': A Hidden Source of Arctic Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Thursday, February 13, 2025
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
- Economically, Culturally Important Marine Species Vulnerable to Changing Climate
- Arctic Cyclones Could Be Missing Link in Sea Ice Depletion Models
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
- Model of Antarctica's Water Enhances Sea Level Forecasts
- Scientists Harness AI to Help Protect Whales, Advancing Ocean Conservation and Planning
Monday, February 10, 2025
- California's Marine Protected Areas Boost Fish Populations Across the State
- New Autonomous System to Monitor Arctic's Melting Ice
Friday, February 7, 2025
Thursday, February 6, 2025
- Some Species of Baleen Whales Avoid Attracting Killer Whales by Singing Too Low to Be Heard
- New Technology Lights Way for Accelerating Coral Reef Restoration
- Ice Streams Move Due to Tiny Ice Quakes
- 'Marine Prosperity Areas' Represent a New Hope in Conservation
- Whale Poop Contains Iron That May Have Helped Fertilize Past Oceans
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
Monday, February 3, 2025
- More, Bigger Crevasses Open Up in Greenland Ice Sheet, Threatening Increased Sea Level Rise
- Temperature, Rainfall and Tides Speed Glacier Flow on a Daily Basis
Friday, January 31, 2025
Thursday, January 30, 2025
- Groundwater in Arctic Is Delivering More Carbon Into the Ocean Than Was Previously Known
- Lead Contamination in Ancient Greece Points to Societal Change