Oceans

The oceans cover more than 70% of the Earth's surface. They are critical to life, and differentiate the Earth from most other planets in the universe. The oceans are connected by a continuous flowing circulation current, and together they play a major role in driving Earth's climate.

Oceans   Currents   Eddies   Gyres   Upwelling   Teaching Oceanography

Mathematics and the ocean: movement, mixing and climate modelling

Star-shaped waves spotted in shaken fluid   

EEZ (Wikipedia)     UN Exclusive Economic Zones     Oceans suffering from sea sickness

The chemical memory of seawater: scientists examine the biomolecules dissolved in the ocean and read them like a history book of the sea 

Toxic oceans may have delayed spread of complex life

Nature study highlights many paths to ocean health

Scripps scientists explore the mysteries and challenges of the deep sea

Sea surface temperature reaches record highs on US northeast continental shelf

Massive Southern Ocean current discovered    

Latest Southern Ocean research shows continuing deep ocean change

First evidence of ocean acidification affecting live marine creatures in the Southern Ocean  

What kind of iron is in the Southern Ocean?     The International Bathymetric Chart of the Southern Ocean

General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO)

Air-Sea Flux   Air-sea Flux Global Datasets   Ocean Surface Current Simulator (OSCURS)    

Earth Oceans Were Homegrown

Ancient pool of warm water questions current climate models   

The Blue Planet's new water budget

Astronomers finally find the answer to Earth's water mystery    Did Earth's oceans come from comets?    

New spin on ocean's role   Valuing the ocean   Perpetual Ocean Video

Ocean tides and Earth's rotation - results of a high-resolving ocean model forced by the lunisolar tidal potential 

Using Atmospheric Potential Oxygen to Gain Insight into Climate Drivers of Ocean Biogeochemistry

Earth's water cycle intensifying with atmospheric warming 

Scripps Researcher Helps Raise Deep Concerns about Deep Sea

Comprehensive Study Makes Key Findings of Ocean pH Variations

Ocean Acidification rate may be unprecedented   

Oceans aciidifying faster than thay have in the past 300 mllion years

Ocean Acidification    Ocean Acidification   Ocean Acidification in Deep Time  

A Looming Oxygen Crisis and Its Impact on World Oceans   

How ocean chemistry affects climate change    New discovery of how carbon is stored in the Southern Ocean

Aluminium in an ocean GCM compared with West Atlantic Geotraces cruises 

Seamounts as Conduits for Massive Fluid, Heat and Solute Fluxes on Ridge Flanks 

A deep mantle origin for the primitive signature of ocean island basalt

New information about sub-seafloor structure

Origin of Indian Ocean Seamount Province by shallow recycling of continental lithosphere    

Evolving science of marine reserves: New developments

Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction at Oceanic Mesoscales    Methane Escape Research

Contrasting the surface ocean distribution of bromoform and methyl iodide: implications for boundary layer physics, chemistry and climate

Sea Ice Historical Forecast Project (Ice-HFP)     International Hydrographic Organization  

New UK national centre covers marine science from the coast to the deep ocean

National Security Implications of Climate Change for U.S. Naval Forces   NOAA Marine Geology & Geophysics

Early Holocene Eastern Mediterranean ocean climate and the stability of its overturning circulation  
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