IMAGEWorld's oceans hit highest temperature on record as El Niño growsThe record "is another clear signal of an ocean under growing stress", according to Dr Samantha Burgess from the European Copernicus climate change service.
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IMAGETrump meets teen lifeguard and boy saved in viral ocean rescue at Oval OfficePresident Donald Trump hosted 16-year-old California lifeguard Ryder Williams at the White House after viral video showed his dramatic ocean rescue.
IMAGEThe World’s Oceans Are Getting Hotter. Surfers Are Feeling ItThe World’s Oceans Are Getting Hotter. Surfers Are Feeling It SURFER Magazine
IMAGECalifornia's Once-Thriving Marine Theme Park Is Now A Spectacular Oceanfront Resort An Hour From LACalifornia's Once-Thriving Marine Theme Park Is Now A Spectacular Oceanfront Resort An Hour From LA islands.com
IMAGENASA Satellites Help Map Ocean Nutrient StressEditor’s note: This article was updated on June 5. A new study combining NASA satellite observations, ocean surveys, and genetic testing on marine microorganisms found evidence that warming ocean waters may be limiting nutrient availability across much of the global ocean. The researchers report that this nutrient stress affects microscopic marine organisms and could influence […]
IMAGESeagate Space and Oceaneering Join Forces to Build the Future of Offshore Launch InfrastructureOceaneering International, Inc. and Seagate Space Corporation today announced a strategic relationship to advance the development of Seagate Space’s offshore launch platform design. The two companies signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to establish a long-term […] The post Seagate Space and Oceaneering Join Forces to Build the Future of Offshore Launch Infrastructure appeared first on SpaceNews.
IMAGESunglint on Atlantic OceanSunlight beams off a partly cloudy Atlantic Ocean just after sunrise as the International Space Station orbited 263 miles above on March 5, 2025. This is an example of sunglint, an optical phenomenon that occurs when sunlight reflects off the surface of water at the same angle that a satellite sensor views it. The result is […]
IMAGEPressure driven leakage from marine snow feeds deep ocean microbesParis, France (SPX) Feb 10, 2026 Sydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 10, 2026 For many years, scientists viewed the deep ocean as a nutrient poor realm where microbes in the water column scraped by on scarce resources. New research from the University of Southern Denmark now shows that these dark waters receive a significant and previously overlooked energy subsidy from sinking organic particles. The study, led by biologists at
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IMAGEAntarctic ice feedback limits Southern Ocean carbon sinkBerlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 03, 2026 A sediment core from the Pacific sector of the Southern Ocean has provided a research team led by geochemist Dr Torben Struve from the University of Oldenburg, Germany, with evidence of an unexpected climate feedback in Antarctica. The study, published in Nature Geoscience, links changes in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet to variations in marine algae growth over several glacial cycles, but in a wa
IMAGELunar soil study limits late meteorite role in supplying Earth oceansLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 26, 2026 A long standing idea in planetary science is that water rich meteorites arriving late in Earth history could have delivered a major share of the planet's water. A new study that mines the Moon's impact history now argues that this late delivery pathway could only have supplied a small fraction of Earth's oceans. In work published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a te
IMAGEEuropa ice delamination may deliver nutrients to hidden oceanLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 21, 2026 A new geophysics study proposes a mechanism that could move life-sustaining nutrients from the battered surface of Europa down into its buried global ocean, improving the odds that the Jovian moon could support microbial life. Europa, one of Jupiters largest moons, holds more liquid water beneath its frozen shell than all of Earths oceans combined, but the ocean is sealed away under thick
IMAGEHidden magma oceans could shield rocky exoplanets from harmful radiationRochester NY (SPX) Jan 19, 2026 Deep beneath the surface of distant exoplanets known as super-earths, oceans of molten rock may be doing something extraordinary: powering magnetic fields strong enough to shield entire planets from dangerous cosmic radiation and other harmful high-energy particles. Earth's magnetic field is generated by movement in its liquid iron outer core - a process known as a dynamo - but larger rock
IMAGEAncient deltas reveal vast Martian ocean across northern hemisphereBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 13, 2026 Using high resolution images from several Mars orbiters, an international team led by the University of Bern has identified a system of fan deltas in southeast Coprates Chasma that record the highest stand of an ancient ocean in Mars Valles Marineris. The geomorphologic structures, preserved today as scarp fronted deposits near the lower end of the canyon system, closely resemble classic river d
IMAGENeural network sharpens satellite ocean color in complex coastal watersTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 01, 2026 A recent study presents ACA-SIM, an atmospheric correction algorithm that uses satellite-in situ matchup data and neural networks to improve ocean color retrievals over coastal waters. The approach relies on real satellite radiance and in situ reflectance from Aerosol Robotic Network-Ocean Color (AERONET-OC) sites to reduce errors and striping artifacts in derived ocean color products, particula
IMAGESentinel-6B Extends Global Ocean Height RecordIntroduction On November 16, 2025, the Sentinel-6B satellite launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) in California. The mission is a partnership between NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and several European partners – the European Space Agency (ESA), the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), the French Centre National […]
IMAGETitan interior study points to thick slushy ice shell instead of global oceanLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 18, 2025 Careful reanalysis of measurements gathered more than a decade ago indicates that Saturn's largest moon, Titan, likely lacks a vast liquid-water ocean beneath its ice, contrary to earlier interpretations of Cassini data. Instead, the work suggests that an icy journey downward from the surface would encounter extensive high-pressure ice, slushy layers, and pockets of meltwater closer to the rocky
IMAGENASA Study Suggests Saturn’s Moon Titan May Not Have Global OceanA key discovery from NASA’s Cassini mission in 2008 was that Saturn’s largest moon Titan may have a vast water ocean below its hydrocarbon-rich surface. But reanalysis of mission data suggests a more complicated picture: Titan’s interior is more likely composed of ice, with layers of slush and small pockets of warm water that form […]
IMAGENASA backs WHOI effort to read organic signals from ocean worldsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 08, 2025 Ocean worlds such as Jupiter's icy moon Europa and Saturn's moon Enceladus are emerging as prime locations to search for life beyond Earth, potentially including a second, independent origin of life within the Solar System. With NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft scheduled to arrive at Europa in 2030 to assess whether its icy crust or subsurface ocean can sustain life, Woods Hole Oceanographic Ins
IMAGEAncient deep ocean rocks shown to be long-term carbon storage reservoirsLondon, UK (SPX) Nov 25, 2025 Rock samples collected from beneath the Atlantic Ocean reveal that lava rubble accumulating on the seafloor can store carbon dioxide for tens of millions of years. Research led by the University of Southampton involved analyzing lava cores extracted during the International Ocean Discovery Program's Expedition 390/393. The study focused on breccias, rocks created from eroded seafloor mountains a