oceanography

by Prema Arasu (University of Western Australia) We know more about the Moon than the deep sea. This idea has been repeated for decades by scientists and

By Emily Cassidy NASA Earth Observatory–From global to regional scales, images from satellites portray the dynamic beauty of the world’s oceans. Each

LISBON, July 29 (Reuters) – High temperatures across Europe this month have unleashed a prolonged marine heatwave in the Mediterranean Sea that

(NOAA)–This summer, take the plunge and join NOAA Ocean Exploration and partners as we explore along the longest mountain range in the world: the

By Laura Millan Lombrana and Eric Roston (Bloomberg) On June 19, a day after thermometers rose to record highs across several parts of Spain and France, a

Sara Blumberg (NASA)–Experience the swirls off the coast of Río de la Plata to the upwellings in the Indian Ocean put to musical notes of imagery from

By Iain Barber (the Conversation) On summer evenings in the 1980s, the residents of a houseboat community in Sausalito, California would often have trouble

Using scientific instruments aboard a self-propelled ocean glider and several airplanes, this first deployment of the Sub-Mesoscale Ocean Dynamics Experiment

It took over 100 years, but starting now National Geographic will recognize the body of water around Antarctica and below the 60th parallel as the Southern

by Nathan Frandino (Reuters) – After years studying the icy waters of the Southern Ocean with floating robotic monitors, a consortium of oceanographers

By Alessandra Prentice and Christophe Van Der Perre (Reuters) – Hundreds of miles from the nearest shore, ribbon-like fronds flutter in

By Isla Binnie (Reuters) – For the next four months, robotic submersible vehicles will swim the frigid, choppy waters around South Georgia island,

While the maritime world struggles with COVID-19, one industry segment continues to grow at a rapid pace: Marine Autonomy. With companies like the MIT startup,

by Matthew Green (Reuters) – A year-long recording of the songs of Beluga whales has been salvaged from the Arctic after the crew of a Swedish icebreaker

They are every mariner’s worst nightmare. A wave twice the height of the average sea state that seemingly comes out of nowhere. Rogue waves have been

By Jonathan Saul LONDON, May 22 (Reuters) – Using data collected from underwater drones, merchant ships, fishing boats and even explorers, a new

By Tom Westbrook and Jonathan Barrett SYDNEY, July 19 (Reuters) – Detailed sea-floor maps made during the unsuccessful search for missing Malaysia

The UK National Oceanography Centre’s new Autosub Long Range, bearing the name ‘Boaty McBoatface’, is getting ready to hit the water on its

  by James Foster, University of Hawaii (TheConversation) Racing across ocean basins at speeds over 500 miles per hour, tsunamis can wreak

by Oliver Milman (TheGuardian) The largest migration on Earth is very rarely seen by human eyes, yet it happens every day. Billions of marine