OCEANOGRAPHY

New insights into the ocean’s oldest carbon

Using a newly developed technique, researchers have ruled out a potential source of ancient dissolved organic matter (DOM) in the world's oceans. DOM is organic...

Study reveals new insights into how fast-moving glaciers may contribute to sea level rise

Climate change is resulting in sea level rise as ice on land melts and oceans expand. How much and how fast sea levels will...

NASA’s S-MODE field campaign deploys to the Pacific Ocean

When the research vessel Bold Horizon sailed from Newport, Oregon, in early October, it joined a small armada of planes, drones, and other high-tech...

Ancient ice age valleys offer clues to future ice sheet change

Deep valleys buried under the seafloor of the North Sea record how the ancient ice sheets that used to cover the UK and Europe...

Scientists expose vulnerabilities of critical Antarctic ice shelf

Pine Island Ice Shelf in West Antarctica, which holds back enough ice to raise sea levels by 0.5 meters, could be more vulnerable to...

Record of Antarctic ice sheet response to climate cycles found in rock samples

By analyzing unusual rock samples collected years ago in Antarctica, scientists at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have discovered a remarkable record of...

For the first time, we can measure the thickness of Arctic sea ice all year round

Using satellites, we are now able to measure ice thickness in the Arctic—even in the summer. This is of great importance for shipping in...

A global vision for the ocean

A new scientific article published in Frontiers in Marine Science calls attention to the need for a global vision for the ocean in the...

Antarctica’s ice shelves could be melting faster than we thought

A new model developed by Caltech and JPL researchers suggests that Antarctica's ice shelves may be melting at an accelerated rate, which could eventually...

World’s biggest ice sheet could cause massive sea rise without action

The world's biggest ice sheet could cause "several meters" of sea-level rise over centuries if the global temperature rises more than 2°C, according to...

Swiss mountain pass ice to melt completely within weeks

The thick layer of ice that has covered a Swiss mountain pass for centuries will have melted away completely within a few weeks, a...

Ice core taken in Antarctica contains sample of atmosphere from five million years ago

A team of researchers affiliated with multiple institutions in the U.S. has successfully pulled an ice core from Antarctica's Ong Valley that contains samples...

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