With the level of sea ice lost amounting to the size of Greenland, this mysterious increase of salt in the Antarctic sea was ...

The research vessel Falkor returns with unprecedented detail of a major open-ocean front mapped with multiple aerial and underwater vehicles in astounding resolution.

Utilizing data from the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite—a collaborative mission between NASA and the French space agency CNES—scientists have gained an unprecedented two ...

Using data from the new Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite, Wang and his collaborators at JPL, CNES and Caltech finally got a clear view of these hard-to-see currents.

While a beachfront view is amazing, sometimes the ocean is even more beautiful from the sky. Coastline aerial view. Courtesy of Erez Marom ...

In the South Pacific Ocean east of New Zealand, satellite imagery shows a massive area of ocean water at well-above-average temperatures.

Using technology, including a sophisticated form of radar, the satellite will survey and measure nearly all the water on the Earth's surface, including lakes, rivers, reservoirs and the ocean itself.

The transition zone between the Earth's upper and lower mantle contains considerable quantities of water, according to an international study. The research team analyzed a rare diamond formed 660 ...

NASA's Surface Water and Ocean Topography satellite, aka SWOT, has provided one of the most detailed maps of the seafloor ever created.

Nearly 20,000 new mountains were recently discovered in the ocean using satellite technology, according to a new study. Photo from Yannis Papanastasopoulos via UnSplash Nearly 20,000 new mountains ...

Scientists have discovered a previously undetected water mass in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean: a gigantic body of water stretching across the Atlantic from the tip of Brazil to the Gulf of ...