Researchers will study how ocean currents and river nutrients affect deep coral ecosystems on the West Florida Shelf – one of the Gulf’s largest and least-studied habitats. Funded by the Florida ...

Researchers measuring the salinity of the Southern Ocean did find unexpected results, but some online reports got the details ...

The ocean around Antarctica is rapidly getting saltier at the same time as sea ice is retreating at a record pace. Since 2015 ...

Explore the profound effects of shifting ocean salinity on our climate! 🌊 Discover how these changes ripple through ...

In recent years, the Southern Ocean has undergone one of the most dramatic environmental shifts observed anywhere on Earth. Scientists have tracked an unexpected and rapid rise in surface salinity ...

What we found was astonishing. Around 2015, surface salinity in the Southern Ocean began rising sharply—just as sea ice extent started to crash. This reversal was completely unexpected.

A groundbreaking study in the journal Science, has unveiled how deep ocean currents—known as global overturning ...

Briny warm water is mixing on the surface of the ocean, making sea ice melt faster, a new study found.

Researchers have discovered a dramatic and unexpected shift in the Southern Ocean, with surface water salinity rising and sea ice in steep decline.

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

A sudden salinity spike in the Southern Ocean is accelerating Antarctic ice loss and triggering a dangerous climate feedback loop.