Previously, such blobs of equatorial water were only discovered in the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean, but not the ...

One of the main reasons why ocean water can’t be used is due to its effect on equipment. According to The Independent , seawater contains high levels of salt, which can be corrosive to standard ...

One of Heather Welch’s jobs — before she was fired via an email giving her just 90 minutes to pack up and leave — was to prevent collisions between the ships and whales navigating the water ...

Tell me if you’ve heard this one before: a volcano scientist who does her work in the middle of the Pacific Ocean—at the ...

Global sea level rose faster than expected in 2024, mostly because of ocean water expanding as it warms, or thermal expansion. According to a NASA-led analysis, last year's rate of rise was 0.23 ...

Part II-Top. Stud. Oceanogr ... the Pacific to the Arctic from 2001 to 2011 and their impacts on the Arctic Ocean water column, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39(24), 6 (2012). doi: 10.1029/2012gl054092.

the Los Angeles County Departments of Public Health and Beaches and Harbors are reminding beachgoers to avoid ocean water and wildfire debris. Officials urge the public to avoid water contact ...

Which leaves an intriguing question: why aren't they scooping up water from the nearby Pacific Ocean? As Patrick Megonigal, associate director of research at the Smithsonian Environmental Research ...