The Sargasso Sea is a region of the Atlantic Ocean bounded by four currents forming an ocean gyre - and the only sea in the ...

Earth may not have seven continents after all. From the earliest of grades, schoolchildren around the world have memorized ...

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 ...

To trace the invisible routes that more than 100 migratory marine species regularly take across international lines, scientists in Australia and the US have now created an interactive map that reveals ...

The physical properties ... may be changing. The world is rapidly warming, particularly at the poles. Scientists suspect that this may affect the AMOC: as the current moves north, less evaporation ...

Given its key role in regulating the global climate, any change to the world's ocean ... current that separates the Antarctic continent from its northern neighbors, acting as a physical and ...

Her current focus is on trending life ... only about a quarter of the ocean floor had ever been surveyed directly. The maps from SWOT—a collaboration between NASA and the French space agency ...

Beyond aiding human activities, the mapping will also illuminate the ocean for natural scientists, identifying underwater mountains called seamounts and the smaller abyssal hills. The maps will ...

"Serendipitous moments are part of the excitement of research at sea – they offer the chance to be the first to witness the untouched beauty of our world." Over 200 square ... nutrients from the sea. ...

These hidden peaks play an important role in the ocean, shaping deep-sea currents and gathering nutrients along their slopes. This attracts marine life, turning them into thriving underwater oases in ...

In many parts of the world land is moving down faster than the sea itself is ... A bike path is seen covered in ocean water during the 'King Tide' in Mill Valley, California in 2022. 'King Tides' ...

Our new research suggests the Antarctic Circumpolar Current will be 20% slower by 2050 as the world warms ... sea lions' backs to help them map the elusive ocean floor. Scientists are preparing ...