When humans manage to cut enough emissions and eventually reduce global temperatures, new research shows the Southern Ocean ...

An area of the remote Southern Ocean that's long confused ocean color satellites by reflecting large amounts of turquoise-colored light appears to be full of silica-rich diatoms, according to a new ...

The features of the ocean floor help determine how water masses and ocean currents move and how they affect our climate. Biodiversity is also influenced by seafloor landforms. Accordingly, having as ...

A breakthrough study has uncovered that the Southern Ocean's power to pull carbon dioxide from the atmosphere fluctuates dramatically depending on winter sea ice. When sea ice lingers longer into ...

The Southern Ocean absorbs nearly half of all ocean-stored human CO2, but its future role is uncertain. Despite models predicting a decline, researchers found that freshening surface waters are ...

Luke Bennetts receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Callum Shakespeare receives funding from the Australian Research Council Catherine Vreugdenhil receives funding from the Australian ...

60 Interesting Ocean Facts That'll Either Terrify You or Amaze You originally appeared on Parade. The ocean makes up the majority of the Earth's surface, so it makes sense that 95% of our seas are ...

Our oceans are incredible scientific marvels, and there’s a lot to learn about these amazing bodies of water. You may have learned in school that oceans cover about 70% of the Earth. Still, although ...

The ocean makes up the majority of the Earth's surface, so it makes sense that 95% of our seas are still unknown to us—there's just so much to explore. And we know even less about the deepest parts, ...