A patch of the Atlantic Ocean just south of Greenland is cooling while much of the world warms. The origin of this "cold blob ...

A sweeping new study has unveiled a global map of marine mollusks that reflects not just present-day ocean conditions but ...

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Scan a modern sea-surface-temperature map and it looks like a painter spilled warm colors across the planet —except for one ...

Biogeographical regions of marine organisms, i.e., their distribution across different habitats, often overlap well with the major global ocean currents. The geological age of the currents plays a ...

Marine plastic pollution is a global crisis, with 9 to 14 million metric tons of plastic entering the ocean every year. Tiny fragments called microplastics – ranging from 1 micron to 5 ...

They lived and worked with the crew last month as it mapped the Atlantic Ocean floor 1,500 feet below on an 186-foot research vessel off the coast of South Carolina.