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A satellite image shows eddies swirling in a blue ocean surrounded by white ice.
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On the Origins of Subantarctic Mode Waters

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 2 June 20252 June 2025

A modeling study shows how warm subtropical waters and cold Antarctic waters combine to form an Indo-Pacific water mass that plays a key role in Earth’s climate.

Sam Purkis and other crew members aboard the yellow OceanX Triton submersible approach a deepwater coral mound in the Red Sea.
Posted inNews

Red Sea Corals Survived the Late Glacial Crisis

by Kristel Tjandra 13 March 202513 March 2025

Research indicates that delicate deepwater corals tolerated or adapted to major climate and salinity fluxes, “yet today, it’s a complete massacre.”

An atoll (a ring-shaped island) is seen from above.
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A Seychelles Shoreline Resists the Rising Seas

by Caroline Hasler 21 January 202524 March 2025

The geomorphology of a protected atoll likely contributed to its ability to maintain its shoreline over a turbulent half-century.

A photo of a large orange buoy on a boat with several people gathered around it
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Scientists Are “Gobsmacked” by the Variability of Seafloor Currents

by Andrew Chapman 11 September 202411 September 2024

The speed and direction of deep currents off Mozambique’s coast are more subject to change than scientists expected.

Tan-colored coral is surrounded by blue water and red, yellow, and blue fish.
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Coral Larvae Journey Far and Wide in the Western Indian Ocean

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 30 April 202430 April 2024

Researchers mapped coral reef connectivity across the Seychelles archipelago to inform conservation efforts in the face of climate change.

Schematic diagram from the study.
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How Nutrients Get Back Up to the Surface Ocean

by Nicolas Gruber 10 January 20248 January 2024

A new dual isotope tracer technique is used to assess the role of a number of poorly understood nutrient supply mechanisms fueling biological productivity in the ocean.

Two diagrams from the paper.
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Dryline-Induced Thunderstorms Over the Southern Africa Plateau 

by Yongyun Hu 14 September 202313 September 2023

Scientists present the first comprehensive study of dryline formation and associated thunderstorms over the southern African plateau from 2010 to 2021.

Graph from the paper.
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Barnacles Help Reconstruct Drift Path of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370

by Susan Trumbore 28 August 202329 August 2023

Careful calibration of isotopes in a barnacle shell growing on ocean debris – in this case an airplane part – informs a new forensic method to identify its most probable drift path.

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Warming Waters Drive Some Mariners to Piracy

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 12 June 202312 June 2023

As fish production waxes and wanes with climate change, so too does the risk of maritime piracy in East Africa and the South China Sea.

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Supersized Potholes Discovered off South African Coast

by J. Besl 8 June 20238 June 2023

Curious circular pits off South Africa’s Eastern Cape coast are larger than any similar feature previously recorded. Their origin remains a morphological mystery.

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