Han’s team estimates that the area covered by salty seawater in this Southern Indian Ocean region has shrunk by about 30% over the past 60 years. They describe it as the fastest freshening seen ...

A major shift may be brewing in the Pacific Ocean: Forecasters say El Niño could develop later this year. If it does, it can reshape weather patterns across the United States during the second half of ...

It stretches nearly 480 kilometres in width. Scientists estimate that millions of cubic metres of water fall downward every second. Its flow rate is several times greater than that of the largest ...

How do sea molluscs create the consistent patterns on their shells? How do they know when and how to change the pigment?

Scientists discovered a troubling link between El Niño, La Niña, and Arctic sea ice — this has major implications for climate forecasting.

The Pacific Ocean is warming so quickly that scientists had to find a new method for detecting and predicting El Niño and La Niña events.

The El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a natural pattern of ocean and atmospheric changes in the tropical Pacific Ocean that can influence the weather pattern ...

Warmer oceans and depleting food have affected the ubiquitous loggerhead turtle’s reproductive and migratory patterns — and even its size.

By 2050, offshore wind power capacity in the North Sea is set to increase more than tenfold. Researchers at the Helmholtz ...

Marine resources are a cornerstone of human nutrition, providing high-quality protein, essential fatty acids, and key micronutrients. At the same time, ...

The changes are most visible in the Afar region of northeastern Ethiopia. Scientists say that the Gulf of Aden and the Red ...

Sinking clumps of dead ocean life have been shown to leak up to half their carbon and more than half their nitrogen when ...