They are persistent layers in the water column that have low oxygen concentration due to biological, chemical and physical processes. OMZs occur naturally, in contrast to similar "dead zones" that ...

Ocean waters are getting greener at the poles and bluer toward the equator, according to an analysis of satellite data ...

A study published Thursday in the journal Science found that the ocean is changing color as it warms. By analyzing satellite data from 2009 to 2022, researchers from Duke University and the Georgia ...

With a thinner surface layer, the ocean warmed much more rapidly under the influence of solar radiation. "The record shallow mixed layers seen in 2023 seem to have been bolstered by a long-term mixed ...

The ocean responds to these strong forces by reverberating waves that pump various ocean layers up and down, he added. While these waves aren't moving particularly fast, ...

But Castro’s study—which was published in 2022 and won a 2023 Ig Nobel Prize for humorous, thought-provoking scientific achievement—shows that within ocean layers, anchovy spawning causes ...

Uranus’ four largest moons could very likely be home to an ocean layer dozens of miles deep between their icy crusts and deep cores. A new analysis from NASA published in the Journal of ...

Hurricanes stir deep ocean layers, bringing nutrients and low-oxygen zones to surface, study finds. by Lorena Anderson, University of California - Merced ...