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Ocean study shows most deep-water microbes are almost inactive

A team of researchers from the University of Vienna discovered that the vast majority of deep-water microbes are mostly dormant. The study was published...

New research shows people, wildlife, and marine environment benefit when island-ocean connections are restored

Introduced invasive species have decimated islands all over the world. But restoring islands has a special emphasis on saving seabirds. It provides benefits on...

Stop counting cups. There’s an ocean of difference in our water needs

A new study involving thousands of people reveals a wide range in the amount of water people consume around the world and over their...

Ancient global ocean on Mars may have come from carbon-rich chondrite meteorites from the outer solar system

According to new research published in Science Advances, the bombardment of Mars by a specific type of meteorite carried a large volume of water...

Modeling suggests iceberg A68’s second break was due to ocean current shear forces

A team of Princeton University researchers, working with a colleague from City University of New York, discovered evidence that a large portion of iceberg...

Diazotrophs are overlooked contributors to carbon and nitrogen export to the deep ocean

According to a new study published in The ISME journal, diazotrophs, a group of marine cyanobacteria capable of converting nitrogen gas (N2) from the...

Artificial ocean cooling to weaken hurricanes is futile, study finds

According to a recent study, the benefits would be insignificant even if we had infinite power to artificially cool the oceans to the point...

Global energy spectrum of the general oceanic circulation

For the first time, researchers at the University of Rochester have quantified the energy of ocean currents larger than 1,000 kilometres in length. During...

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