HALIFAX – Scientists who went aboard a Royal Canadian Navy mission to Antarctica say the trip demonstrated how portable labs and gear can effectively probe the ocean depths.  Marine scientists ...

Scientists use satellite data to find ocean zones where trash naturally gathers for easier, faster, and cleaner clean-up.

After sifting through ocean current data dating back three decades, researchers at the Florida Atlantic University (FAU) have ...

Anya Stajner, a PhD candidate at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, urges beachgoers to exercise caution when touching or ...

Offshore wind farms help fight climate change, but could they also be contaminating the ocean with toxic metals? What does ...

For the general public, hydroelectric power is associated with dams and water wheels. But at the University of Michigan, ...

New research has uncovered surprising insights into the relationship between atmospheric winds and ocean eddies, reshaping previous assumptions about how they interact. Contrary to earlier beliefs ...

This nice stretch of sunny skies and warm weather might seem like a perfect day to visit the beach but looks can be deceiving ...

NASA astronaut Sunita Williams’ return to earth at the conclusion of the scientific mission to the space station was more ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - La Niña conditions have been present in the central and east-central equatorial Pacific Ocean since ...

Until now, a global evaluation of ocean current energy with actual data was lacking. Using 30 years of NOAA's Global Drifter Program data, a study shows that ocean currents off Florida's East Coast ...

Between Hawaii and California, trash swirls in giant ocean currents, caught up in the infamous, Texas-sized Great Pacific Garbage Patch. This is just one of many found across the globe. Efforts to ...