NASA reports a higher-than-expected sea level rise in 2024, primarily due to thermal expansion of seawater, highlighting the ...

Physical oceanography is the study of the physics of marine systems. It includes the distribution of temperature and salinity, water mass formation and movement, ocean currents, interior and ...

The ocean plays a large role in cycling carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Determining how much carbon is locked away in the ...

Contractors will demolish the university’s old chemistry building, planetarium, and orchid conservatory to build a new ...

A giant hole has appeared in the sea ice of Antarctica and it's as big as Switzerland. The sea in Antarctica usually freezes over in winter but this hole was formed far from land, in the middle of the ...

Marine biologists hope to find out more about a creature that is vital to a healthy ecosystem and the state’s fishery ...

The Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) — a low-frequency variability in sea surface temperature that repeats roughly every 40 to 80 years in Atlantic — impacts global climate and influences ...

UMass Lowell Recognized as Top Research Institution with R1 Classification Read More ⁠ ...

After weeks of rescuing poisoned sea lions along our coast, there's finally a sign of hope as data shows the toxic domoic acid threat may be easing.

Image credit: Scripps Institution of Oceanography/UC San Diego Since late February ... for everyone — even across the ...