Among marine ecosystems, the capacity of mangroves, seagrass meadows and kelp forests to store carbon is well documented, but ...

It’s more than 100 feet long, around 300 years old, made of nearly 1 billion little polyps and visible from space ...

For many years, the North Atlantic Ocean warmed more slowly than other parts of the world. In 2023, that changed — ...

The presence of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in all the world's oceans but one has been in steady decline since 2001, ...

FAU plans an ocean current test facility near Palm Beach. South Florida aims to become a blue tech industry hub. Florida Atlantic University is serious about harnessing ocean power to create clean ...

But then it began to accelerate north, carried by ocean currents and winds. Iceberg A-68, as it was designated, had embarked on what would be an epic 3.5-year odyssey that took it from the ...

But here’s a twist: new research suggests that the slow-down of a crucial ocean current could ironically, cool the rising heat in the Arctic. Could this be the solution we’ve been waiting for? For ...

Slowing ocean current could ease Arctic warming -- a little. ScienceDaily . Retrieved November 13, 2024 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 10 / 241025194434.htm ...

The Arctic is warming at three to four times the global average. However, new research suggests the slowing of a key ocean current could reduce projected Arctic warming by up to 2 degrees Celsius by ...

Researchers used ice cores taken from the Renland Ice Cap in eastern Greenland to study past changes in climate. Photo: Courtesy of Oregon State University/Lars Berg Larsen.

Leading scientists have urged policymakers to take action on the potentially imminent and ‘devastating’ collapse of crucial Atlantic Ocean currents. In an open letter published on October ...

Planet Earth's sixth ocean has been spotted slowly emerging in what is a geological phenomenon. While experts have been researching our planet for many a generation now, they continue to learn new ...