Warmer Seas Creating Stronger Hurricanes, Study Confirms
A rise in the worldâEURs sea surface temperatures was the primary contributor to the formation of stronger hurricanes since 1970, a new study reports. A rise in the world's sea surface temperatures was the primary contributor to the formation of ... [... more]
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Bering Sea Altered by Warm Conditions
Rising air and water temperatures are altering the environment of the productive fishery. Image of St. Lawrence Island, the largest island in the Bering Sea and home to about 1000 people. credit: Lee Cooper Ice seals such as walrus, ringed, ... [... more]
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Five Deep-Sea Fish on Brink of Extinction
Overfishing of some deep-sea fish could affect the rest of the ocean. A new study finds five deep-sea creatures are in critical danger of being fished into extinction. Researchers examined surveys of roundnose grenadier, onion-eye grenadier, blue ... [... more]
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Rich Gallery of Deep-Sea Life Discovered in Bermuda Triangle
Scientists are amazed at the quantity and diversity of tiny creatures. The quantity and diversity of tiny creatures found in a deep-sea survey in the Bermuda Triangle region of the Atlantic Ocean is amazing scientists. During a 20-day cruise last ... [... more]
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Surprise! Your Cousin's a Sea Urchin
They lack eyes, ears and a backbone, but sea urchins are more closely related to humans than once thought. The purple sea urchin closer genetic cousins to humans than suspected. Credit: Charles Hollahan/Santa Barbara Marine Biologicals Meet your ... [... more]
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Rising Seas and Stronger Storms Threaten New York City
In just a few decades, sea level could rise a foot, putting the Big Apple at risk of serious storm flooding. Storm surge from the 1938 hurricane at the Battery, New York City Credit: NOAA/NWS Historic Collection. Global warming could ... [... more]
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Warmer Seas Leave Fish Gasping
Warming oceans, one of the major consequences of global climate change, are making another marine species feel like a fish out of water, scientists report. The eelpout (Zoarces vivparus). Credit: Alfred Wegener Institute Biologists have known for ... [... more]
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Deadly New Sea Creature Lures Fish with Red Lights
Strange, because at more than a mile down, fish shouldn't have evolved the ability to see the lights. Close-up of an Erenna specimen shows the red-fluorescing "tentilla." Credit: Casey Dunn For fish, the red light district is deeper and more ... [... more]
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Fresh Analysis Points to Potential for Rising Seas
The breakup of an ice shelf in Antarctica looks more and more like a reaction to climate change. After a fresh analysis, scientists today warned again that global warming is threatening the stability of fragile glacier systems in the Antarctic ... [... more]
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Mystery Ocean Glow Confirmed in Satellite Photos
The "milk sea" in a composite satellite image, and the region of the ocean where it was spotted. Credit: Steven Miller, NRL Mariners have long told of rare nighttime events in which the ocean glows intensely as far as the eye can see in all ... [... more]
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Ice Shelf Collapse Reveals New Undersea World
Scientists have found clams and bacteria thriving under Antarctica. The image shows a mud mound with a central vent that shows up as sort of a bluish tint, and it is surrounded by large bivalves (clams). The central vent has a series of mud flow ... [... more]
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Global Warming Makes Sea Less Salty
Climate changes have melted glaciers and brought more rain, dumping more fresh water into the oceans. Topographic map of the Nordic Seas and Subpolar Basins, with schematic circulation of surface currents (solid curves) and deep currents (dashed ... [... more]
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