Lijing Cheng, “Changes in Funding Could Tank Quality of Ocean Heat Content DatA”
“If we want to know how much the climate is impacting ocean ecosystems, we have to monitor ocean temperature and ocean heat content changes.”
OCEANS ARCHIVE
“Young Get Older, but Old Get Younger”: Counterintuitive Ocean Waters
Warming surface waters and increased stratification result in uneven loss of dissolved oxygen across the Pacific basin that shifts water mass age.
Making Sense of Shallow-Water Waves with Advanced Statistics
Low-frequency infragravity waves shape shorelines, but exactly how they contribute is mysterious. A technique from Bayesian probability theory might change that.
Squid Were on the Move Before the Chicxulub Impact
The cephalopods had already significantly dispersed throughout the world’s oceans 67 million years ago, paving the way for their modern-day ubiquity.
Briny “Death Pools” Hold Clues to Early Life
New evidence from the depths of the Red Sea supports the oxidation of manganese and iron as an engine for life in the earliest oceans.
The Effects of Polar Night and Day on Arctic Air Masses
Cold air outbreaks and warm air intrusions link Arctic and midlatitude weather and climate. But a lack of data on these events, especially in winter, limits our understanding.
Waves Play a Key Role for Lateral Stirring and Mixing of Ocean Tracers
Numerical models and theoretical considerations deliver new insights on how waves affect the movement of tracers in wave-rich environments.
Tiny Cyanobacteria May Be the Secret Heroes of Ocean Carbon Sequestration
Even when larger phytoplankton produce more carbon, much of it is lost on the journey to the ocean floor.
The Arctic Report Card Matters More Than Ever; AGU Joins Partners to Publish in 2026
The critical and highly anticipated yearly assessment will be carried forward through a partnership with CIRES/CU Boulder and the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
Wastewater Can Take Harmful Algal Blooms from Bad to Worse
By modeling toxic diatoms and coastal processes, scientists have discovered the degree to which nutrients from Southern California’s densely populated coast affect these blooms.
Narwhals Dive Deep to Help Scientists Research the Warming Arctic
Scientists come in all shapes and sizes. Sometimes, that shape is a blubbery 1,000-kilogram whale with a 2-meter tusk.
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