Almost all life in the ocean depends on the upper waters where sunlight filters in, known as the photic zone – but new ...

It might or might not be the smell of aliens, but dimethyl sulfide — and its funky odor — definitely gets around ...

The approaching plume of Saharan dust, which can weaken and suppress tropical cyclone formation because of all the dry, dusty air it casts like a blanket, loses out. It won’t be significant enough to ...

It occurs following changes in the optical properties of the ocean that reduce the depth of its photic zones, the surface ...

Known as the Sargasso Sea, sailors have crossed it for centuries, but few notice the border when they slip into glassy indigo ...

That cold ocean water cools the layer of air above it ... and the clouds start to clear. A decrease in air pressure above the marine layer allows it to rise and deepen, like when we have a ...

Unlike its predatory relatives, the vampire squid is primarily a detritivore, consuming marine snow—organic debris falling from upper ocean layers—using two retractile ... These specialized eyes, ...

South Africa is slowly lifting out of the water—by up to 2 millimeters per ... transports hot material to the surface from deeper layers—under Earth's mantle in this subcontinent.

“Every year is a little bit different, but what’s clear is ... way into the ocean, resulting in the thermal expansion of water. Normally, seawater arranges itself into layers determined ...

“Every year is a little bit different, but what’s clear is that the ocean ... in which heat makes its way into the ocean, resulting in the thermal expansion of water. Normally, seawater arranges ...

“Every year is a little bit different, but what’s clear is ... way into the ocean, resulting in the thermal expansion of water. Normally, seawater arranges itself into layers determined ...