During the last major glaciation (about 11,000 years ago), for instance, a slug of freshwater came down the St. Lawrence River into the North Atlantic, reducing its salinity, shutting off the sinking ...

Of the world’s five ocean basins — Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern and Arctic — the Atlantic has the highest salinity, says the National Weather Service. This is because salinity ...

Researchers in Mexico have found the deepest ocean sinkhole on planet Earth — and it's so deep they haven't even hit the bottom yet. The Taam Ja' Blue Hole is located in Mexico's Chetumal Bay ...

Found at a staggering depth of 7,902 meters during the 2023 Integrated Deep-Ocean Observing System (IDOOS) Expedition, this discovery sheds light on the hidden biodiversity of the deep ocean.

What makes the ocean salty? Here's what to know about the ocean's salinity and where it comes from. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ Funniest cap messages Get the USA TODAY app ...

While most of the world was fending off COVID-19 and living on Zoom, and while environmentalists were gearing up to talk about climate, carbon, biodiversity, marine ecosystems, and oceans at COP26 ...

It is only since the beginning of the 21st century that ocean floats called Argo have been installed, on average every 300 km, to provide subsurface salinity vertical profiles between ...

The near-bottom water on the U.S. Northeast continental shelf provides a critical cold-water habitat for the rich regional marine ecosystem. This 'cold pool' preserves winter temperatures, even ...

Algae growth on an Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) Surface Mooring, which measured water properties and velocity at the US Northeast shelfbreak, right after recovery. Woods Hole, Mass. (May ...