Tag: Oceans
Ocean heat is at record levels, with major consequences
Kevin Trenberth, University of Auckland
The world witnessed record-breaking climate and weather disasters in 2021, from destructive flash floods...
What causes a tsunami? An ocean scientist explains the physics of...
Sally Warner, Brandeis University
On Jan. 15, 2022, the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano in Tonga erupted, sending a tsunami...
Plastic trash in the ocean is a global problem, and the...
Matthew Savoca, Stanford University; Anna Robuck, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and Lauren Kashiwabara, University of the Pacific
Arctic sea ice hits its minimum extent for the year –...
Alek Petty, NASA and Linette Boisvert, NASA
September marks the end of the summer sea ice melt season and...
Hurricane Ida turned into a monster thanks to a giant warm...
Nick Shay, University of Miami
As Hurricane Ida headed into the Gulf of Mexico, a team of scientists was...
IPCC climate report: Profound changes are underway in Earth’s oceans and...
Robert Kopp, Rutgers University
Humans are unequivocally warming the planet, and that’s triggering rapid changes in the atmosphere, oceans...
A 20-foot sea wall won’t save Miami – how living structures...
Landolf Rhode-Barbarigos, University of Miami and Brian Haus, University of Miami
Miami is all about the water and living...
Surfing makes its Olympic debut – and the waves should be...
Sally Warner, Brandeis University
For the first time, surfing is on the Olympic stage.
The surfing...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s ‘God Squad’ pits energy vs. endangered species, but it’s a...
Dan Salas, University of Illinois Chicago
There’s a well-worn debate in U.S. politics that goes something like this: Would...
