Oceans

Oceans

Extremely salty water is at least 100 million years old

Supersaline sediments off East Coast shed light on Atlantic Ocean’s early history.

Climate

Tiny shells hint at hidden ocean warming

Pacific waters are heating up 15 times faster than in earlier eras.

Oceans

Greenland Sea warming faster than world ocean

Deep water temperature of Greenland Sea rises 0.3 degrees Celsius in 30 years.

Oceans

Glacier melt causes large fraction of sea level rise

From 2003 to 2009, thawing ice nearly as large a contributor to oceans as massive sheets at poles, researchers find in new analysis.

Oceans

Life found deep below Antarctic ice

Lake buried under 800 meters of ice hosts cells, researchers find.

Oceans

Soundings

The Story of the Remarkable Woman Who Mapped the Ocean Floor by Hali Felt.

Oceans

Director’s exploration of the abyss goes deeper than Hollywood glitz

Oceans

Synthetic lint ends up in oceans

Microplastics from clothes and other consumer products evade sewage treatment and end up on beaches, studies find.

Earth

Simulation tracks ocean’s missing heat

Climate scientists suggest energy is buried deep undersea or released to space.

Animals

Lionfish no match for big groupers

Despite its invasive success, the lionfish can't withstand grouper appetites.

Microbes

Gulf floor fouled by bacterial oil feast

Observations may explain the widespread mortality of sediment-dwelling animals.

Science & Society

Methane from BP spill goes missing

Latest sampling suggests either that microbes have already devoured the most abundant hydrocarbon produced by the leak — or that researchers have simply lost track of it.