Each year during Central America's dry season (generally between December and April), strong northern trade winds help drive an important…
The Antarctic Circumpolar Current carries more than 100 times the total flow of all the world's rivers combined. It circles…
Rising ocean temperatures driven by marine heat waves and climate change are reaching deep waters, raising concerns about disruptions to…
Rock samples that formed about 60 million years ago and were collected from far beneath the ocean surface have helped…
Earth scientists have uncovered a slow and surprising process beneath our planet's surface that helps fuel volcanic activity in the…
The bumpy snailfish is one of three new species of deep-sea snailfish described by MBARI collaborators at SUNY Geneseo. MBARI's…
Under high-emission scenarios, the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), a key system of ocean currents that also includes the Gulf…
A deep sea worm that inhabits hydrothermal vents survives the high levels of toxic arsenic and sulfide in its environment…
Terrestrial plants drove an increase in global photosynthesis between 2003 and 2021, a trend partially offset by a weak decline…
What if some of the smallest ocean currents turned out to be some of the most powerful forces shaping our…