Oceans - Eos

RECENTLY PUBLISHED

How Internal Waves Transport Energy Thousands of Miles Across the Ocean

Tracking Microplastics Above and Below the Waves

A New Twist on Robotic Float Data Reveals Critical Ocean Chemistry

Sea Turtles, Shrinking Beaches, and Rising Seas

sargassum

coral reefs

ocean acidification

Coral Reefs

Coral Diversity Drops as Ocean Acidifies

Coastal Coralline Algae Naturally Survive Persistent, Extreme Low pH

Preserving Corals to Study the Past and Document the Present

Could Stratospheric Aerosol Injection Help Save Corals from Bleaching?

The Sargasso Sea “is the only sea on Earth that has no physical boundaries.”
Chuanmin Hu, ” The Northern Sargasso Sea Has Lost Much of Its Namesake Algae”

OCEANS ARCHIVE

Global Observations Reveal Rapid Reorganization of Ocean Nutrients

Data reveal that changes in nutrient levels vary depending on depth and distance from shore—and that these changes are happening more quickly than scientists realized.

by Sarah Stanley

Acidifying Seas Are Wearing Away at Underwater Archaeology

Marble, limestone, and other carbonate rocks used throughout antiquity could start dissolving as oceans soak up more carbon dioxide.

by Syris Valentine

A Long-Term Look Beneath an Antarctic Ice Shelf

More than 4 years of data from a borehole in the Ross Ice Shelf reveal supercooled water and more.

by Nathaniel Scharping

Bacteria Decide the Ocean’s Dissolved Organic Carbon Abundance

Dissolved organic carbon prevalence follows from how many bacteria are around to eat it, modeling suggests.

by Saima May Sidik

Marine Heat Waves Can Increase Coastal Rainfall

Unusually warm ocean waters can amplify extreme rainfall in downwind areas, leaving coastal communities—especially those in developing countries—at risk.

by Adityarup Chakravorty

With the Ocean Included, the Social Cost of Carbon Doubles

A new calculation includes ocean ecosystems when assessing the monetary impact of climate change.

by Grace van Deelen

Sediments Offer an Extended History of Fast Ice

Scientists used sediments to create a millennia-long archive of Antarctic fast ice. Along the way, they discovered that the freezing and thawing of this enigmatic ice appear to be linked to solar cycles.

by Taylor Mitchell Brown

Monitoring Ocean Color From Deep Space: A TEMPO Study

Scientists apply machine learning to demonstrate that geosynchronous satellites can be used to assess the health of oceans from deep space.

by Graziella Caprarelli

The AMOC of the Ice Age Was Warmer Than Once Thought

An analysis of sediment cores indicates that North Atlantic waters were relatively warm and continued to circulate even under major climate stress during the Last Glacial Maximum.