To detect these refuges, we looked for unusually cool water in satellite temperature maps and ocean models. Then we ran these ...

Mussels are a type of sea creature you can find while diving in the waters around your island. Unlike fish, mussels appear as ...

Scientists analyzed Mediterranean salt deposits to uncover the Messinian Salinity Crisis that caused massive water loss and ...

Oceans cool the planet with methanethiol emissions. This sulfur-based compound reflects sunlight and aids cloud formation.

Three participants from the recently-concluded MSS Ultra ocean swimming competition in Mumbai tell us their training secrets ...

Like many things in meteorology, physics is at the root of why hurricane season “ends” in November. By the way, I will ...

Between June 1 and the end of November, 18 named storms formed across the basin, with 11 becoming hurricanes and five ...

The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season was marked by an unusual pattern of storm activity. In total, forecasters tracked 18 named ...

Of all the kinds of whales that could have washed onto the Anchorage mudflats, a fin whale is one of the most mysterious. Whale strandings are fairly routine in Alaska. But the latest, in which a ...

The salt line on the Delaware is 20 miles north of where it should be this time of year. Should we be worried?

The loss of freshwater in lakes, rivers, and underground aquifers was to be expected during the 2014 to 2016 window, since ...

Learn about El Niño and La Niña, two distinct weather patterns in the Pacific Ocean, and their profound effects on the global ...