Until now, a global evaluation of ocean current energy with actual data was lacking. Using 30 years of NOAA's Global Drifter ...

More accurate maps based on data from the SWOT mission can improve underwater navigation and result in greater knowledge of how heat and life move around the world's oceans.

The British Antarctic Survey has revealed a new map showing what Antarctica looks like under the several thousands of meters ...

Currents also move nutrients and salt throughout Earth's ocean basins. Swirling vortexes of the Agulhas rings stand out in ECCO temperature and salinity maps as they move warm, salty water from ...

Historically, the ocean has been difficult to model. Scientists struggled in years past to simulate ocean currents or accurately predict fluctuations in temperature, salinity, and other properties. As ...

Baby whale sharks remain one of the biggest mysteries in marine science, but new research suggests their birthplaces may be ...

Ocean currents respond to changes in temperature ... Researchers in Australia put cameras on sea lions' backs to help them map the elusive ocean floor. Scientists are preparing to drill into ...

The effort hopes to discover the remains of Malaysian Flight 370, which vanished from radar in 2014 with 239 people on board.

To map the whole ocean floor by the end of this ... to mapping the tidal areas and the ocean current areas to help with climate modeling, all of those are common goods that are hard to get funded ...

Aircraft carriers deployed by the United States and its NATO ally France made port calls in the Western Pacific Ocean this ...

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