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 ...

The oceans are mostly composed of warm salty water near the surface over cold, less salty water in the ocean depths. These ...

Scientists have detected a major drop in salinity in one of the world’s saltiest ocean regions. The change could affect monsoons, marine life and global climate systems, raising new concerns about the ...

Accurate measurements of surface currents are crucial for coastal monitoring, rip current detection, and predicting the path of pollutants. Several methods exist to measure surface currents, some of ...

This article is part of Times Opinion’s 2025 Giving Guide. Ours is the time of the Israeli genocide in Gaza. It is also a time when accusations of antisemitism have become a political cudgel. And, not ...

Iceland’s relatively mild climate is shaped by a crucial network of currents that winds its away around the Atlantic Ocean transporting heat northward — without it, the island would be much icier and ...

Phobias, traumas and intense, dissociative self-reflection emerge from a fashion designer's impulsive suicide attempt in Milagros Mumenthaler's alternately alluring and alienating psychodrama. Nothing ...

Writer-director Milagros Mumenthaler's film revolves around a successful young Buenos Aires fashion designer whose world is upended after a work trip gone awry. By Jon Frosch Senior Editor, Reviews ...

On August 19 Hurricane Erin is crawling past the Bahamas as a strong Category 2 storm and is due to head toward the Carolinas and then veer northeast over the open Atlantic Ocean. Although the storm’s ...

Abstract: Two intensive, high-resolution hydrographic surveys during April 2000 and May 2001 are used to characterize the thermohaline and current structure at the shelfbreak in the South China Sea.

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Watch out for danger at the beach. The National Weather Service issued a special statement on rip currents that is in effect through Saturday evening, Aug. 9. The NWS says there is a high risk of ...