There seems to be too much of a radioactive element in rocks deep in the Pacific Ocean – how did it get there 10 million ...

Ocean circulation also serves as the mediator between large-scale climate variability and impacts on marine ecosystems. The Oceans and Climate Lab at CU Boulder seeks to better understand the ocean ...

How fast the level of atmospheric carbon dioxide — and with it, the temperature — goes up matters for the ability of humans and ecosystems to adjust. A slower increase gives humans time to move away ...

Tracking salmon sharks with custom-built sensors is helping researchers study ocean temperatures, salinity shifts, and ...

The Arctic Ocean (Figure 1), the smallest of the world's five major oceans, is about 4000km (2500 miles) long and 2400km (1500 miles) wide, about the size of the continental USA. It lies entirely ...

However, a slower circulation should also dredge up ... and this plays a large role in the ocean's ability to sequester carbon. For the 2020 study, the team developed a simple "box" model ...

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

As we burn fossil fuels, the amount of carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere is gradually rising, and with it, the planet's average temperature. How ...

In the Atlantic Ocean, a system of connected currents, called the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC ... are many processes that lead to large year-to-year variability in the ...

A current system in the Atlantic Ocean that's crucial for regulating the world's weather and ecosystems might be more stable ...

Studies have suggested large changes in sea level (up to ... it is likely that a combination of ocean and atmospheric circulation changes were involved. For example, a subtle shift in atmospheric ...

In the Atlantic Ocean, a system of connected currents, called the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC ... are many processes that lead to large year-to-year variability in the ...