The ocean surface is the site of important exchanges of energy and ... dozens of variables while traversing thousands of kilometers (hundreds of miles) of open ocean or operate in hurricanes and near ...

Photo Credit: NASA Oxygen-starved ocean “dead zones,” where fish and animals cannot survive, have been expanding in the open ocean and coastal waters for several decades as a result of human ...

When a massive, black patch, known as a polynya, was spotted by NASA scientists for the first time, satellite operators were ...

"The waters in the open ocean of the Pacific are nutrient depleted ... a large amount of organic carbon is exported from the surface, essentially removing carbon from the upper ocean and atmosphere.

Researchers recently captured the first live footage of a colossal quid in its natural habitat, thousands of feet under the ...

Kilauea ash (top) was deposited where the bloom occurred. Credit: W. Cheah.