Shallow coastal waters are hotspots for methane emissions, releasing significant amounts of this potent greenhouse gas into the atmosphere and contributing to global warming. This new research ...

The Arctic Ocean (Figure 1), the smallest of the world's five major oceans, is about 4000km (2500 miles) long and 2400km (1500 miles) wide, about the size of the continental USA. It lies entirely ...

It’s early November on Flakstad Beach and 25 miles an hour winds are whipping plumes of spindrift off enormous Arctic waves ... Nature estimates that 10% of ocean plastic is actually lost ...

Rapidly melting Antarctic ice is causing a dramatic slowdown in deep ocean currents and could have a disastrous effect on the climate, a new report warns. The deep-water flows which drive ocean ...

Another concern among scientists is that melting sea-ice is affecting a major ocean current in the Arctic - the Beaufort Gyre. Freshwater is less dense than salty seawater. The researchers said a ...

What happens in the Arctic doesn't stay in the Arctic,' says a conservation lead and climate expert on the accelerated warmth ...

MOSCOW, February 7. /TASS/. By monitoring ocean currents specialists may identify contamination sources outside the Russian Arctic zone, Director of the Arctic Center for Strategic Studies at the ...

The Arctic Ocean is undergoing rapid changes ... supports marine ecosystems, and facilitates ocean currents that transport heat and nutrients around the globe. Additionally, sea ice reflects ...

Crucially, the clam data came from a spot on the border between the AMOC and Arctic waters, where ocean conditions are heavily dependent on the strength of currents flowing from the south.

Much less of the ocean is covered by ice ... “A lot of our current knowledge about the Arctic climate is based on their observations,” says sea-ice physicist Gunnar Spreen.