Despite occurring on different scales, flux measurements throughout the water column share log-normal probability distributions.Read More »Geology & Geophysics
Previous research suggested that the intrusion of low-nutrient Gulf Stream water into the Mid-Atlantic Bight would reduce productivity, but a new study finds that it can also lead to chlorophyll hot spots.Read More »Ocean Sciences
A new study demonstrates the benefits of crowdsourcing science using sailboats to better understand the impact of melting sea ice in the Arctic.Read More »Biogeosciences
Researchers use sediment cores to study the amount and origin of sediment organic carbon in one of the least studied regions of the planet: hadal trenches.Read More »Ocean Sciences
The first extensively documented air pressure–driven meteotsunami on one of the Great Lakes presents an opportunity to use existing weather models to predict when these potentially deadly waves will strike.Read More »Hydrology, Cryosphere & Earth Surface
For the first time, researchers have captured continuous data on the abrupt changes and activities happening at a glacier’s calving front.Read More »Ocean Sciences
This new paleorecord can help scientists better understand how climate change and human activity are changing marine mammals’ environments and habits.Read More »Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Volcanology
Although most of Earth’s lava erupts beneath the oceans, submarine volcanoes are comparatively understudied, but a new review of submarine volcano seismoacoustics provides a framework for future work.Read More »Biogeosciences
