The oceans are mostly composed of warm salty water near the surface over cold, less salty water in the ocean depths. These ...

For years, scientists have debated whether a giant thick ice shelf once covered the entire Arctic Ocean during the coldest ...

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

In two recent studies, researchers suggest a weakening ocean current system is to blame for a persistent cold spot in the ...

For decades, scientists believed the Arctic Ocean was sealed under a massive slab of ice during the coldest ice ages — but new research proves otherwise. Sediment samples from the seafloor, paired ...

The meme in circulation falsely claimed these turbines existed in Norway. However, there used to be an underwater turbine ...

Earth's oceans have been warming at unprecedented rates, yet one mysterious blob of water, just south of Greenland, has ...

Scientists constructed a 100-year history of acidity in the Gulf of Maine. They expected coastal variability but were ...

Led by the European Research Council Synergy Grant project Into the Blue – i2B, the research team studied sediment cores collected from the seafloor ...

A sudden salinity spike in the Southern Ocean is accelerating Antarctic ice loss and triggering a dangerous climate feedback ...

Week 3 (1/25): Modern ocean circulation (instructor presentations by Tom and Scott) and Early thinking about the glacial circulation Required Reading: Weyl, The role of the ocean in climatic change: A ...