A new study finds that phytoplankton blooms, often seen near the separation point of western boundary currents, are supported ...

From the deck of the American clipper ship Shooting Star, sailors watched a mysterious and unsettling scene. Describing the ...

The El Niño phenomenon in the South Atlantic and Benguela current, which flows along the west coast of southern Africa, have ...

The India-Asia continental collision and the uplift of the Tibetan Plateau have long been attributed to continuous Cenozoic convergence with two generic assumptions: the ongoing India-Asia collision ...

Deep beneath the surface of our planet, from the Himalayas to East Africa and from the Atlantic seafloor to the Indian Ocean, ...

One sign of seasonal change for locals is people flocking to Monterey Bay in the spring and fall to view migrating whales.

The far-reaching glow of bioluminescence has haunted sailors for centuries across the Indian Ocean. Now scientists believe ...

Strandings of these jellyfish-like animals, sometimes called "by-the-wind sailors," usually mean spring is coming ...

The Southern Ocean has a higher capacity for absorbing heat than other bodies of water due to a strong upwelling of deep cold ...

Blue, jellyfish-like creatures called Velella velella have been washing up along California’s coast recently, captivating Bay ...

Ocean acidification (OA) is a pressing global issue characterized by fundamental changes in ocean chemistry, including the reduction of pH levels, due to the absorption of increased atmospheric CO 2.

Eddies, which form in biologically productive coastal upwelling regions, are important vehicles for the transport of carbon and nutrients. These eddies trap water masses and migrate into the open ...