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Drone helps researchers find fresh water in the sea

The people of Easter Island appeared to drink directly from the sea, European explorers reported in the late 1700s. And today, you can see animals—most famously horses—do the same thing. What's going on?

NASA’s Oceans Melting Greenland mission leaves for its last field trip

OMG is completing a six-year mission that is helping to answer how fast sea level is going to rise in the next five, 10, or 50 years.

Study: Ocean current system seems to be approaching a tipping point

A collapse of this ocean current system, which has so far not been considered likely under the current levels of global warming will therefore have severe consequences on global and especially European weather and climate.

Research: Plastic pollution and ocean acidification reduce Antarctic krill development

Antarctic krill are especially vulnerable to these environmental stressors due to their close association with sea ice

Port Fourchon: Scientists pinpoint how to manage sediment to prevent land loss

The southernmost port in Louisiana is a key place for the U.S. energy industry, but also one of the most vulnerable places in the nation.

Russian Arctic warming leads to major ice loss

Сonditions in the Arctic Ocean are becoming more like those in the North Atlantic, which is much warmer.

Belgium to transfer its research vessel to Ukraine

Ukraine and the Kingdom of Belgium have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on water protection and reproduction and the rational use of water resources.

High concentrations of ‘forever’ chemicals being released from ice melt into the Arctic Ocean

The research has shown these chemicals have traveled not by sea, but through the atmosphere, where they accumulate in Arctic sea ice.

Low-oxygen waters off Washington, Oregon coasts risk becoming large “dead zones”

Oceanic measurements collected during a scientific cruise on NOAA ship Ronald H. Brown last week confirmed that a large area of poorly oxygenated water (known as hypoxia) is growing off the coast of Washington and Oregon.

Crime scene tape set to revolutionize microplastics research

Easylift tape is already being employed more widely and was used to collect microplastic samples during a transatlantic sailing expedition on former racing vessel the SV Jolokia last year.

Research: Earth’s cryosphere is shrinking by 87,000 square kilometers per year

This research is the first to make a global estimate of the surface area of the Earth covered by sea ice, snow cover and frozen ground.

The missing ‘plastic sink’ in the ocean

Marine waste does not care about borders and has reached the most remote corners of our oceans and seas.

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