A new study could help manage sardine populations in coastal waters.
Oceans
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Mud on the Move
Powerful submarine flows known as turbidity currents are starting to give up their secrets.
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New Global Analysis Reveals Amount of Sediment on the Ocean Floor
Researchers calculate that there are ~3.37 × 108 cubic kilometers of sediment on the world’s ocean floor.
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Strong Winds Leave Arctic Regions on Thin Ice
A warming event in Siberia caused winds to strip sea ice from the Arctic’s Wandel Sea.
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A Look at How Long-Banned PCBs Persist in the Ocean
A new study tracks how climatic factors like sea ice cover and ocean circulation affect the life span and distribution of polychlorinated biphenyls in the world’s oceans.
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Marine Virus Survey Reveals Biodiversity Hot Spots
Ocean samples collected from around the world produced a twelvefold increase in the number of marine viruses known. A portion of the Arctic Ocean has “surprisingly high diversity.”
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Water, Water Everywhere—But How Much H2O?
A new study quantifies the abundance of single and bonded H2O molecules in the ocean.
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Global Warming Hits Marine Life Hardest
The lack of thermal refugia in the ocean means marine life has nowhere to escape from rising sea temperatures.
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Untangling a Web of Interactions Where Surf Meets Coastal Ocean
In 2017, an ocean research team launched an unprecedented effort to understand what drives ocean currents in the overlap regions between surf zones and continental shelves.
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Earth’s Ripple Effect
The ocean’s interactions with land, air, and ice create an intricate planetary dance.