Just 6 kilometers (about 4 miles) of briny water separate the ocean's surface from the depths known ... factors drive the high taxonomic novelty in the hadal zone, advancing our understanding of the ...

Trying to predict the scale and location of future dead zones, scientists have looked to the past for historical clues. Today’s largest open ocean dead zone, located in the eastern Pacific Ocean, ...

Covering about 71% of the planet, the ocean is pivotal in shaping global ... Further research on fault zone rheology to explore the role of temperature and fluids on subduction zone earthquakes ...

Undergraduates in the Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences major will develop an understanding of the fundamental physics and chemistry governing the ocean and atmosphere. The major engages students in a ...

Ever wondered how much of our vast, mysterious oceans we’ve uncovered? Spoiler alert: not nearly as much as you’d think!

Princeton University and Xiamen University researchers report that in tropical and subtropical oligotrophic waters, ocean ...

Oceans hold onto this heat for longer than the land does and ocean currents move this heat ... Gyres are spiral oceanic surface currents and are found in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

Global warming is causing alterations in ocean chemistry and many oceanic processes, and it is threatening many species of marine animals that cannot cope with higher temperatures. Overfishing is ...

Through one of the primary carbon storage mechanisms, the biological carbon pump, phytoplankton (microscopic marine plants at the bottom of the oceanic food chain) take up CO 2 in the surface ocean ...

In addition to the Slow Zone east of Ocean City, more Slow Zones are also ... Delmarva Now previously reported. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has reported that the North ...