Scientists find rising ocean salinity in Antarctica, reversing decades-long trends and accelerating sea ice loss.

The ocean around Antarctica is changing in unexpected ways. Since 2015, sea ice surrounding the frozen continent has been ...

In recent years, the Southern Ocean has undergone one of the most dramatic environmental shifts observed anywhere on Earth.

The anomaly, located just south of Greenland, is — perhaps counterintuitively — called the North Atlantic Warming Hole, and ...

A massive and surprising change is unfolding around Antarctica. Scientists have discovered that the Southern Ocean is getting ...

Human activity is expected to cause fresher surface water that traps warmer and saltier layers below, so the reason for this change is unclear. “The increased salinity in the Southern Ocean is ...

In two recent studies, researchers suggest a weakening ocean current system is to blame for a persistent cold spot in the ...

NASA Ocean Salinity Science Team, National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Ocean Science Division, George E. Thibault Early Career Scientist Fund, Scripps Chair for Excellence in Oceanography. DOI 10 ...

For over a century, scientists have noticed something unusual in the North Atlantic Ocean. While most oceans around the globe ...

The ocean around Antarctica is rapidly getting saltier at the same time as sea ice is retreating at a record pace.

The U.S. Northeast coastal ocean has experienced ... of the cold pool from different directions and over different timescales. Using salinity as a tracer can show why the cold pool ...