There are several ways in which heat makes its way into the ocean, resulting in the thermal expansion of water. Normally, ...

Previous research largely shows that the turbulence animals cause living their lives generally isn’t enough to substantially mix the layers of the ocean’s water column. But Castro’s study ...

We do because these small fish can help mix different layers of the ocean when they mate. This circulates nutrients, oxygen, and greenhouse gases around different layers of the ocean, thereby ...

High tides could be up to 4 centimetres higher in many places by 2100 as a result of the reduced mixing of ocean layers as seas get hotter, according to one of the first computer simulations of ...

New scrutiny of Uranus’ largest moons suggest the bodies may contain ocean layers that could be dozens of miles deep. Uranus has at least 27 moons, which are cold and icy like their host planet.

To test the hypothesis that warming can strengthen the recycling of nutrients between the ocean layers, a team of climate scientists from Japan, France, and the United States investigated this ...

Changes in climate can also mess with ocean circulation, affecting mixing between ocean layers and how nutrients move around the ocean. Human development also plays a role. Fertilizer runoff from ...

First, it reduces the difference in density between ocean layers. This causes water to draw upwards from shallower depths. Second, it increases water temperatures at depth. All this means the ...