Tag: OCEAN

This is the finding of a new study that could help researchers determine the best spots to search for microbes that could be unique to the region, having been isolated and evolving alone for millions of years.

A new USC study puts ocean microbes in a new light with important implications for global warming.

Female orcas are most thrown off from foraging when boats and vessels intrude closer than 400 yards, according to new research.

The Antarctic Akademik Vernadsky station celebrates an important anniversary - 25 years since the day when the owner country changed. On February 6, 1996, the Union Jack was lowered at this Antarctic station and the Ukrainian flag was raised for the first time.

Solis Marine Consultants sponsors Northwest Passage Expedition

The study represents the first investigation of microplastic abundance, characteristics and seasonal variation along the Ganges River

Discoverer will be a state-of-the-art ship that operates around the nation and the world to study and explore the ocean.

NOAA-funded researchers have identified a new record size coral colony at Ta’u Island in American Samoa, even larger than the island’s Big Momma colony, one of the largest in the world.

Underwater seagrass in coastal areas appear to trap bits of plastic in natural bundles of fibre known as "Neptune balls," researchers said.

Could the ocean hold the key to reducing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?

The researchers calculated the ocean temperatures and salinity of the oceans down to 2,000 meters

The scientists call for four major improvements to the current observing system