Oceans - Eos

RECENTLY PUBLISHED

How Tides and River Water Combine to Amplify Floods

Changes in Funding Could Tank Quality of Ocean Heat Content Data

Typhoons Mix Up Bacteria and Biochemistry

Tracking 20 Years of Productivity in Tidal Wetlands

Currents

Oysters

El Niño

Coral Reefs

Have We Been Focusing on the Wrong Ocean Pollutants? This Study Maps What We’ve Been Missing

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

“The oceans are reaching their limit of what they can do to help offset anthropogenic changes.”
Jennifer Jacquet, ” Oceans Are Absorbing the Earth’s Excess Energy. That’s Bad News for Food Systems.”

OCEANS ARCHIVE

Confronting Salty Problems in the Coastal Plain

An interdisciplinary network of scientists and stakeholders is working to understand how saltwater intrusion and sea level rise are affecting rural communities and to help address the consequences.

by Kiera O’Donnell, Emily S. Bernhardt, Aeran Coughlin, Ken W. Krauss and Xi Yang

Forty Thousand Cubic Meters of Fresh Water Flow from the Congo into the Atlantic Every Second. A New Study Traces Where It Goes from There.

Researchers combined observations and modeling to track the movement of the Congo’s freshwater plume, noting that eddies play a significant role in the water’s transport.

by Rebecca Owen

Millions of Invaders Are Attacking the Ocean, and the Ocean Is Losing

Every year, an additional 11 million tons of microplastics permeate the water column and marine ecosystems within it. Geoscience is contributing to strategies that aim to identify microplastic movements—and stop them.

by Caryl-Sue Micalizio

Extensive Sand Dune Loss Threatens California Coast

Aerial photos combined with lidar data show the extent of the problem.

by Saima May Sidik

Measuring Microplastics in Every Ocean Layer

Small bits of plastic don’t just float at the sea surface—they span the entire water column. Scientists need consistent methods to track these particles and to better understand the hazards they pose.

by Shiye Zhao, Luisa Galgani and Karin Kvale

Turtles May Migrate Using Earth’s Magnetic Field

New research indicates that sea turtles seem to navigate across hundreds of miles of open ocean using Earth’s magnetic field.

by Emily Gardner

Machine Learning Rediscovers Equations Governing Ocean Biogeochemistry

Researchers used a process called symbolic regression to derive the equations from a biogeochemical model of the ocean.

by Nathaniel Scharping

What Tires Leave Behind Can Become Toxic Fish Food

Tire particles might seem tasty, if you’re a fish—but a new study shows how this pervasive microplastic can affect growth and behavior in marine species.