Following an uncommonly-prolonged three-year La Niña, ocean surface temperatures have risen precipitously over the past two months, reaching record-breaking highs—and a warm El Niño period is forecast to begin sometime within the next few months. Satellite and Argo buoy data gathered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has revealed thatread more
A new study is warning that fresh water from melting ice in Antarctica is slowing ocean currents in the Southern Ocean that encircles the southern continent, and is in danger of completely collapsing, much like its counterpart in the North Atlantic. The study’s models predict that the currents thereread more
Ancient humans may have been navigating the world’s seas as far back as nearly a half-million years ago, according to a new analysis of the ancient shorelines of the Mediterranean Sea. Evidence of human habitation on the Aegean Islands that are part of modern-day Greece come in the form ofread more
Mars is thought to have once been home to a great deal of water, possibly amounting to oceans of the substance that have been found to have shaped the surface of the planet in what would have been catastrophic floods to anyone witnessing the events from the surface. But while there isread more