The first-known direct observations of a seafloor spreading event at a mid-ocean ridge in the Indian Ocean are presented in ...

For most of human history, the creation of new ocean floor has been something inferred rather than witnessed. Geologists ...

Every summer, communities across northern Australia brace for the tropical cyclone season. Tropical cyclones draw their power from the warm seas, extracting heat and moisture from ocean water.

The ocean regulates Earth’s climate, supports immense biodiversity and sustains billions of livelihoods, yet it remains under-sampled across many regions ...

The world relies on a modest number of countries to keep watch over the ocean. That arrangement is starting to fail. Europe and Asia must now decide whether to let the system unravel, or to take it up ...

Ocean Observatories Initiative, $368m network that has provided crucial climate data, latest victim of Trump cuts ...

Sustained scientific observations and monitoring are crucial, offering researchers a unique, sustained window into upper ocean currents, water properties, and marine ecology. An initiative between ...

In a report published in this week’s issue of Science, a team of oceanographers, including MBL (Marine Biological Laboratory) Ecosystems Center director Hugh Ducklow, outline a polar ocean observation ...

The National Academies is conducting Phase 2 of the Sustaining Ocean Observations activity. An ad hoc committee will plan a workshop to explore partnership and organizational models to foster ...

The Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) and its long-standing European regional alliance EuroGOOS welcome the European Commission’s OceanEye initiative as a major step for Europe’s contribution to ...

South Korea has completed a nationwide ocean observation network with the establishment of its first marine science station ...