We've mapped the Moon more thoroughly than our own ocean floor, but a leap forward has come with NASA's SWOT satellite. Using tiny changes in sea surface height to reveal underwater features, ...

A rare anglerfish, usually found thousands of feet deep, has been discovered near the ocean surface, leaving scientists searching for answers. Could climate change, ocean currents, or rising ...

A new University of Miami study looked at 40 years worth of data from across the Atlantic and found cooler waters in deep ...

Investments supported by the Gulf Research Program (GRP) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine ...

However, it wasn't until the last couple of decades that these tools were adapted to surface ocean currents and wind, which bring an additional level of complexity. It's not like the equations of ...

In total, ocean currents transfer about 25 per cent ... sinks near Antarctica or Greenland to return to the surface after filling the deep ocean waters around the whole globe.

It also sheds light on deep-water currents, tides ... These forces create measurable bulges on the ocean surface, generating subtle gravitational signals that help researchers infer the type ...

Scientists have discovered that powerful underwater avalanches are sweeping huge amounts of microplastics into the deep sea, ...