The impact of hurricanes when they travel over land, or when they affect ships or oil-drilling platforms, are quite well ...

Princeton University and Xiamen University researchers report that in tropical and subtropical oligotrophic waters, ocean ...

The arrival of iguanas in the South Pacific can only be explained, a team of biologists have argued, if they caught a lift on a natural raft from the Americas. That’s a journey of 8,000 kilometers (5, ...

Bowhead whales. The Beaufort Gyre. Oceanic migration patterns. They’re the focus of a fascinating research project by Addison Shea, one of the 2025 Regeneron Science Talent Search finalists ...

Do the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans mix? Explore the science behind their visible boundary, the role of salinity and ...

On average, these little particles could reduce photosynthesis in plants and algae by up to 12 percent, according to the ...

Historically, the ocean has been difficult to model ... smaller current loops (gyres) that circulate in the southern Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. Together with gyres in the northern ...

to reveal the widespread presence of microplastics across all five subtropical gyres — vast, slow-moving accumulation zones created by circular ocean currents, wind patterns, and the Earth's ...

Microplastics are silently sabotaging the planet’s greenery, curbing photosynthesis, and threatening food security.

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