Wozniak said the sea surface microlayer is a unique micro-environment. “It accumulates organic material of a certain kind and then it reaches the air-sea interface and accumulates there, and that ...

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Measuring and comparing sea surface temperatures is complex, but scientists agree on one thing: A high reading this week is bad news for wildlife.

Sea temperatures in the Persian Gulf have soared to nearly 100 F, just short of the Earth's record high. NASA data revealed that the surface of the water between Iran and the Arab Peninsula hit a ...

While no tropical developments are expected for the next 7 days in the Atlantic Basin, the extended tropical outlook calls ...

The depths of the sea hold life forms that are truly beautiful, truly weird, truly friendly, and truly deadly. We have much to learn about the critters of the deep sea. The surface of the sea has ...

Ocean surface heat is at record-breaking levels. Temperatures began climbing in mid-March and skyrocketed over the course of several weeks, leaving scientists scrambling to figure out exactly why ...

Time series squid catches were calculated from daily logbooks recorded by the Taiwanese squid-jigging vessels from 1998 to 2018 across the open sea east of Argentina and north of the exclusive ...

New research challenges a long-held assumption about oxygen in the deep sea, with scientists finding oxygen produced without photosynthesis in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone.

These record-high values of 2024 sea surface temperatures and Ocean heat content continue to indicate unabated trends of global heating. Over the past 12 months, 138 countries have recorded their ...

A sudden salinity spike in the Southern Ocean is accelerating Antarctic ice loss and triggering a dangerous climate feedback loop.