Chinese research ships are studying the seas for science and resources, but the data they gather could also be useful in a ...

A report from a European news wire agency on the reversal of an important ocean current has sparked alarm online.

Oceans comprise about 96.5% of the water-covered surface (71%) of the Earth. Surprisingly, the salinity of these huge bodies ...

Bethany Kolody prepares water samples aboard the NOAAS Ronald H. Brown, during the P18 GO-SHIP voyage from Easter Island to Antarctica in the Sout ...

Which ocean is the saltiest? Of the world’s five ocean basins — Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern and Arctic — the Atlantic has the highest salinity, says the National Weather Service.

Surfers are used to getting mouthfuls of saltwater.

Hurricane season is just weeks away, and the Pacific Ocean is cooling off again. That’s important because it can create conditions more conducive to hurricanes.

The salinity anomalies located in the central Pacific are more effective in modulating local ocean vertical stratification, weakening the colder subsurface water into the mixed layer and further ...

Earth's oceans have been warming at unprecedented rates, yet one mysterious blob of water, just south of Greenland, has ...

Do the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans mix? Explore the science behind their visible boundary, the role of salinity and temperature differences, and how Earth’s thermohaline circulation affects them.