Ocean

Building bionic jellyfish for ocean exploration

Jellyfish can't do much besides swim, sting, eat, and breed. They don't even have brains. Yet, these simple creatures can…

2 years ago

Ice shell thickness reveals water temperature on ocean worlds

Cornell University astrobiologists have devised a novel way to determine ocean temperatures of distant worlds based on the thickness of…

2 years ago

Re-calibrating the sail plan for Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders in ocean sciences

n HawaiĘ»i and across much of Oceania, Pacific Islanders celebrate the connections between their islands and the ocean that surrounds…

2 years ago

Deciphering the intensity of past ocean currents

Ocean currents determine the structure of the deep-sea ocean floor and the transport of sediments, organic carbon, nutrients and pollutants.…

2 years ago

New Mars gravity analysis improves understanding of possible ancient ocean

The first use of a novel method of analyzing Mars' gravitational force supports the idea that the planet once had…

2 years ago

New research explains ‘Atlantification’ of the Arctic Ocean

New research by an international team of scientists explains what's behind a stalled trend in Arctic Ocean sea ice loss…

3 years ago