A groundbreaking international study published in Nature in April 2025 has unveiled the critical role of previously elusive ...

Ocean water expands as it warms, researchers said. Climate change was a major driver to an unexpected level of sea level rise in 2024, according to a new NASA analysis. Global sea levels rose 0.23 ...

specialized in mapping the movement of marine animals. This information helped ships map their routes, and fisheries improve their catch, while avoiding accidentally scooping up and killing sea ...

Small things matter, at least when it comes to ocean features like waves and eddies. A recent NASA-led analysis using data ...

Importantly, the movement of ocean water can greatly affect how sound waves travel from one point to another. Mesoscale eddies are large, swirling ocean currents that are kilometers in diameter.

To address these challenges, the authors built a paleotidal model that can re-create factors dictating the behavior and movement of ocean water, such as water depth and the speed and path of tidal ...

If successful, the machine could help provide emergency drinking water for coastal communities cut off from other resources. The movement of the ocean – as waves, tides, or currents ...

Long before satellites or sextants, Polynesian voyagers explored one of the largest bodies of water on Earth. They did this ...

Even still, months after the movement began ... piling up under the water's edge. "What's happening is, the ground is rising up and coming up, right through the ocean and lifting it up out ...

Much about this hidden water world remains poorly ... accounts for most of the movement of the fastest Antarctic glaciers flowing into the ocean. Understanding basal sliding is crucial for ...

In 2023, biologists Lauren Stefaniak and Marie Nydam had time to kill before their university workshop on marine ...

As multiple deadly wildfires burn across Los Angeles and hundreds of thousands of residents flee their homes, the lack of water is impeding firefighters' efforts to fight the flames. More than ...