In the vibrant yet fragile waters of the Gulf of Oman, spectacular phytoplankton blooms – visible even from space – unfold in ...

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Mesoscale eddies, oceanic gyres about 100 kilometers in diameter, are ubiquitous features of the global ocean and play a ...

Ecosystems in the Southern Ocean, the body of water surrounding Antarctica, are under threat from climate change. The area's ...

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — From the grounds of a gas-fired power plant on the eastern shores of Canada, a little-known ...

Three UC Santa Cruz faculty members have been named new fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

How is organic matter transported from productive coastal areas to the open ocean? Researchers have now shown that eddies play a crucial role in this process. The swirling currents contain large ...

A growing industry is racing to engineer a solution to global warming using the absorbent power of the oceans.

Redondo Beach — The Trump administration’s targeting of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will jeopardize ...

Seawater generally absorbs more red light, but that can change in the presence of phytoplankton or high turbidity. “We’re ...

A new study out of the University of Vermont quantifies just how much migrating female whales do to sustain ocean ecosystems.