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Small plastic fragments on sand and stones.
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Avalanches of Microplastics Carry Pollution into the Deep Sea

by Grace van Deelen 23 April 202523 April 2025

Scientists observed a once-theorized process ferrying microplastics into the deep ocean.

An image of Earth’s globe flattened out, with a detailed map of the ocean floor
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Satellite Measurements Make Major Seafloor Map Improvements

by Emily Dieckman 12 December 202410 January 2025

Though ship-based sounding has mapped some areas of the ocean floor in higher resolution, researchers have used SWOT data to create a detailed new map of the seafloor, including thousands of previously undetected small seamounts.

Swirls of colored lines through the Atlantic Ocean
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The North Atlantic Is Getting Saltier

by Saugat Bolakhe 29 October 202429 October 2024

The Atlantic is already the saltiest of Earth’s oceans, and parts of it are getting saltier. Winds and warming may be to blame.

Spacecraft with large solar panels flies in front of Jupiter
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Clipper Sets Sail for an Ocean Millions of Miles Away

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 11 October 202415 October 2024

Europa Clipper will assess whether Jupiter’s moon has the right ingredients to host life, and could illuminate the mysteries of icy worlds throughout the solar system.

Bubbles bubble up in the ocean.
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Model Suggests Undersea Mountains Help Mix the Global Ocean

Tim Hornyak, Science Writer by Tim Hornyak 24 September 202424 September 2024

Seamounts may play a significant role in ocean turbulence and the upwelling of deep waters.

Map of the Southern Ocean
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An All-Community Push to “Close the Loops” on Southern Ocean Dynamics

by Luke G. Bennetts, Callum J. Shakespeare and Catherine A. Vreugdenhil 12 September 202412 September 2024

A new study highlights the connected nature of the Southern Ocean dynamic system, the research priorities needed to understand its influence on climate change, the importance of cross-disciplinary collaborations.

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.

Satellite image of the Barents Sea in the Arctic, with a blue phytoplankton bloom curving across the ocean
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The Many Adventures of Nitrogen in the Arctic Ocean

by Emily Dieckman 9 August 20248 August 2024

New research reviews how our atmosphere’s most abundant element cycles through the Arctic Ocean—and how climate change could affect the process.

White and bright blue icebergs against a dark blue ocean photographed from above.
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Scientists Find Clues to Atlantic Current’s Future in Ancient Iceberg Debris

by Elise Cutts 23 July 202423 July 2024

Modern ice loss from Greenland rivals the most dramatic episodes of ice sheet collapse.

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Europa’s Ocean Might Lack the Ingredients for Life

Javier Barbuzano, Science Writer by Javier Barbuzano 12 April 202412 April 2024

The lack of volcanism and tectonic activity on Europa’s seafloor might hinder the moon’s potential to host living organisms.

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