Global ice loss increases at record rate
IMAGE: Meltstream cuts through Greenland ice sheet view more Credit: Ian Joughin The rate at which...
Climate and carbon cycle trends of the past 50 million years reconciled
IMAGE: Cleveland Volcano, Aleutian Islands eruption in 2006. Volcanism is one of the main carbon dioxide...
Squid-inspired robot swims with nature’s most efficient marine animals
Scientists at the University of Southampton and University of Edinburgh have developed a flexible underwater...
Study shows how network of marine protected areas could help safeguard Antarctic penguins
New research led by BirdLife International, the University of East Anglia (UEA) and British Antarctic...
A sea of rubbish: ocean floor landfills
The Messina Strait, a submarine bridge separating the island of Sicily from the Italian Peninsula,...
UCI researchers: Climate change will alter the position of the Earth’s tropical rain belt
Irvine, Calif. -- Future climate change will cause a regionally uneven shifting of the tropical...
Scientists offer road map to improve environmental observations in the Indian Ocean
IMAGE: Artist's illustration of the Indian Ocean Observing System and its societal applications. IndOOS data support...
Changing resilience of oceans to climate change
Oxygen levels in the ancient oceans were surprisingly resilient to climate change, new research suggests. ...
Upper ocean temperatures hit record high in 2020
IMAGE: Fishing boats amidst "Arctic sea smoke " near Qingdao, China on January 7th. Arctic sea...
Scientists discover slimy microbes that may help keep coral reefs healthy
Corals have evolved over millennia to live, and even thrive, in waters with few nutrients....