A substance developed at UC San Diego improved coral larvae settlement by up to 20 times in experiments compared to untreated ...

Small things matter, at least when it comes to ocean features like waves and eddies. A recent NASA-led analysis using data ...

The Caribbean and the southeastern coast of Florida are grappling with an environmental crisis of historic proportions: April 2025 marked a record-breaking surge in ...

Noreen Garcia is a sixth-year PhD candidate studying marine chemistry and geochemistry at Scripps Institution of Oceanography ...

Sargassum levels across the eastern Caribbean and western Atlantic reached record highs in April 2025, with continued growth ...

Underneath the surface of the ocean there are some important things happening that most human eyes never see. The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation is a system of ocean currents ...

His research lies at the intersection of physical oceanography and planetary science, with a focus on developing numerical models of ocean circulation on both Earth and ice-covered ocean worlds such ...

These plastics are strong, versatile, and designed to disappear when exposed to the ocean. The material could help address one of the world’s most persistent environmental problems.

The Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) — a low-frequency variability in sea surface temperature that repeats roughly every 40 to 80 years in Atlantic — impacts global climate and influences ...

The global ocean is made up of five major ocean basins: the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern and Arctic Ocean. The Pacific Ocean is the largest of these basins as well as the deepest. Its expanse ...

collection and analysis of water current speeds and circulation data and assist with the collection of water quality data for Mote’s state certified environmental water quality laboratory, the ...

Abyssal plains lie at water depths of 3,000–6,000 m and account for 84.7% of the global ocean seafloor. This vast landsystem is believed to be one of the major reservoirs of biodiversity within the ...