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一只头上绑着天线的海豹坐在草丛中,对着镜头微笑。
Posted inResearch Spotlights

海豹帮助科学家在南极洲别林斯高晋海取得新发现

by Nathaniel Scharping 1 July 20241 July 2024

研究人员通过分析海豹和水下滑翔机收集的水文信息,发现了新的融水流,以及一个新的海底槽。

Viewed from below, three sharks swim beneath a dense school of smaller fish in the ocean, all in shades of blue.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

In Hot Water and Beyond: Marine Extremes Escalate

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 28 June 202428 June 2024

A new study suggests marine life is increasingly faced with triple-threat events in which extreme water temperature, low oxygen levels, and acidification converge.

Repeating rainbow lines overlain on a grayscale topographic map of a section of Thwaites Glacier
Posted inNews

Radar Data Show Thwaites Gets a Daily Bath of Warm Seawater

by Anupama Chandrasekaran 27 June 202427 June 2024

The Doomsday Glacier, predicted to raise global sea level by more than half a meter, could be exposed to more warm ocean water than previously thought.

Two maps from the paper.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Dual Tsunami Generation from Atmospheric and Oceanic Sources

by Ryan P. Mulligan 24 June 202424 June 2024

The 2022 Tonga volcanic eruption generated waves that propagated across the Pacific Ocean. A new analysis of sea level measurements is used to dissect the difference in wave components from two sources.

A red and white ship on an icy ocean is headed toward another ship with the same colors in the distance.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Radioactive Isotopes Trace Hidden Arctic Currents

by Nathaniel Scharping 24 June 202413 September 2025

Tracing anthropogenic radionuclides shows researchers how water from the Atlantic flows into and mingles with Arctic currents.

A man holds a clear cylinder that is about 3 feet tall and holds ocean sediment and water.
Posted inNews

Toxic Metal on the Rise in the Baltic Sea

by Amy Mayer 17 June 202417 June 2024

Postwar reconstruction is likely the cause of elevated thallium levels, but low-oxygen, high-sulfide conditions keep the material, which is extremely dangerous to mammalian health, from moving into the human food chain.

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A Splashy Meteorite Was Forged in Multiple Collisions

Damond Benningfield, Science Writer by Damond Benningfield 7 June 20249 June 2024

The Winchcombe meteorite was recovered, largely from a driveway, just hours after it fell to Earth, preserving evidence that its early relatives could have filled Earth’s oceans.

A large research vessel on the ocean on a sunny day
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The JOIDES Resolution Embarks on Its Final Expedition

by Grace van Deelen 6 June 20246 June 2024

On the ship’s last cruise, scientists will collect data to help predict future effects of climate change.

A seal with an antenna strapped to its head sits in a patch of grass and beams at the camera.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Seals Help Scientists Make Discoveries in Antarctica’s Bellingshausen Sea

by Nathaniel Scharping 4 June 20242 July 2024

By analyzing hydrographic information gathered by seals and an undersea glider, researchers found new meltwater currents, as well as a new seafloor trough.

Close up view of a cylindrical yellow ocean temperature sensor affixed to a green fishing net sitting on a metal surface, with a fish lying flat beside the sensor
Posted inScience Updates

The Moana Project Braids Tradition and Science for a More Sustainable Ocean

by João Marcos Azevedo Correia de Souza, Julie Jakoboski, Jonathan Gardner, Maui Hudson and Malene Felsing 31 May 202424 September 2024

Scientists and Māori communities in Aotearoa New Zealand are gathering knowledge on marine conditions and ecosystems to protect livelihoods and help ensure a sustainable future for the blue economy.

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