Each year, vast blooms of phytoplankton spread across the Southern Ocean, drawing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and fueling Antarctica’s marine food web. For decades, scientists have attributed ...

Melting ice could weaken Earth's strongest ocean current 20% by 2050, study reveals.

During the last ice age, the Atlantic Ocean's powerful current system remained active and continued to transport warm, salty ...

Scientists uncover how ancient ocean salt controlled carbon storage and shaped global temperatures at the end of the last ice ...

Rutgers University marine scientists are using New Jersey-developed tools to measure how iron shortages in Southern Ocean ...

The Oceanography Society (TOS) has awarded the Ocean Observing Team Award to the Global Ocean Ship-Based Hydrographic ...

A new study sheds light on the vital role that the mixing of Atlantic and Arctic waters plays in sustaining the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), which is crucial for regulating ...

Global ocean heat content increased by approximately 23 zetajoules (ZJ) in 2025, roughly 40 times annual global primary energy consumption. This is not good.

During the last ice age, the Atlantic Ocean’s powerful current system remained active and continued to transport warm, salty water from the tropics to the North Atlantic despite extensive ice cover ...