Nick Balascio examines an earth core in his McGlothlin-Street Hall laboratory. His is a co-author on a Nature Communications paper that reports a discovery that a deep-water Atlantic current system is a 400-year harbinger of climate change. Credit: Joseph McClain he warm waters of the Gulf Stream flow up along […]
In addition to the ban on a dozen kinds of disposable plastic products, such as straws, cutlery and cotton buds, the EU will encourage member states to reduce the use of plastic packaging and introduce stricter labelling rules European lawmakers voted overwhelmingly Wednesday for an EU-wide ban on single-use plastic […]
A green iceberg in the Weddell Sea, photographed in February 1992. Credit: AGU/Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans/Kipfstuhl et al 1992 Just in time for Saint Patrick’s Day, scientists think they might know why some Antarctic icebergs are green. The reason could be iron oxide dust ground down by glaciers on […]
Credit: Shutterstock A Korean icebreaker made its way to one of the most remote parts of the ocean in 2011 and 2013, an area near Antarctica and south of New Zealand. There it dredged up material from the seafloor that revealed a previously unknown region of Earth’s molten deeps. Scientists analyzed a […]
Around 320 million years ago, the supercontinent Pangea formed. Credit: Shutterstock The ancient supercontinent of Rodinia turned inside out as the Earth swallowed its own ocean some 700 million years ago, new research suggests. Rodinia was a supercontinent that preceded the more famous Pangea, which existed between 320 million and 170 […]
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, shown here, serves as a conveyor belt that transports heat and pulls carbon from the atmosphere into the deep ocean. (Credit: R. Curry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution/Science/USGCR) Massive volumes of water circulate throughout the Atlantic Ocean and serve as the central drivers of Earth’s climate. […]
Scientists on the ocean drilling expedition will explore the remote Amundsen Sea off Antarctica. Credit: NASA The West Antarctic Ice Sheet in the Amundsen Sea off Antarctica could play a pivotal role in future sea level rise, but many questions remain unanswered, scientists say. Now, researchers taking part in an […]
The submersible Alvin about 8,500 feet down, studying seafloor volcanoes and eruptions. Credit: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institutio, Daniel Fornari – WHOI-MISO Facility (www.whoi.edu/miso) and National Science Foundation Staring up into the night sky as a kid and wondering what was out there started my journey to a career that involves […]
The Ocean Zephyr stands docked in Bremerhaven, Germany, Wednesday Jan. 23, 2019. The Britain-based Nekton Mission will use submarines to go 300 meters below the surface and sonar equipment to survey depths of up to 2,000 meters once the Ocean Zephyr reaches the Seychelles. Final preparations were being made Thursday […]
Credit: Shutterstock The ocean is the hottest it’s ever been, and no, this is not normal. A new report released in the journal Advances in Atmospheric Sciences on Jan. 15 reveals that ocean temperatures in 2018 reached their highest point since accurate measurements first began in the 1950s. The heat increase in […]