These synthetic materials have now become part of both the life and carbon cycles, from the surface to the deepest parts of ...

New research involving Rutgers professors has revealed that expected, extreme changes in India's summer monsoon could ...

Mesoscale eddies can affect how sound waves propagate in the ocean, depending on their size, speed, current direction and location. Understanding these effects are critical for accurate underwater ...

A warm blob of water in the North Atlantic is an ominous sign that a system of currents that regulate the planet's climate ...

Over the past two decades, satellite-based planetary observations have recorded rapid mass loss of Patagonian glaciers, ...

After examining 22,000 years of rainfall patterns, Rutgers researchers warn that climate conditions may reduce fish stock.

Over the past two decades, satellite-based planetary observations have recorded rapid mass loss of Patagonian glaciers, contributing approximately 0.07 mm per year to global sea-level rise. A study ...

the thermohaline circulation, which pushes water around the world's oceans. Waters flowing north from the tip of South Africa ride on the surface of the ocean, absorbing heat from the atmosphere ...

This occurred because these extreme conditions inhibited mixing between the deep and surface zones of the ocean ... nutrient delivery by reducing ocean circulation and wind-driven mixing.

A recent study reveals that slow ocean expansion 15-6 million years ago caused sea levels to change and drop by up to 30 ...

A zone in the North Atlantic has puzzled scientists for decades. This stretch of water is strangely colder than its ...