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It all starts east of the Philippines where the constant blowing of the tradewinds and the ocean currents forces huge masses of water up against the Philippines, where it is trapped and forced southwards.
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Scientists from Queensland Museum (QM), University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia completed a 21-day trip from the Capricorn Bunkers off Gladstone to Thursday Island in
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A strong acceleration in the global mean ocean circulation over the past two decades has been described in detail in a paper recently published in Science Advances.
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We resort to models when we need to simplify complex mechanisms or relationships in order to make decisions, predict the outcome of some processes, or analyse consequences of some decisions—sometimes with the aid of computers running complex simul
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During a recent expedition to St. Paul’s Rocks, Atlantic Ocean, a distinctive and previously unknown species of Anthiadinae was collected at a depth of 120 m.
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An expedition to the Atacama Trench, one of the deepest places on earth, has yielded video footage of three new species of snailfish, as well as a specimen of one of them.
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The Philippines plays host to the third largest known population of whale sharks, and is thus an important hotspot for the species.
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Researchers at the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) recently trialled the Blue ROV (remotely operated vehicle) at Davies Reef off Townsville, Australia.
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About 30 new species identified within an area of just 200 square metres—with such amazing diversity, it is no wonder that researchers are excited about the new rariphotic ocean zone in the Caribbean.
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A new video, captured in the waters around Portugal’s Azores islands, has stunned deep-sea biologists.
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Somewhere in the North Pacific, about two kilometres below the ocean surface, is seawater that has remained in a mysterious shadow zone for over 1,000 years.
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In 2012, scientists from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) discovered a hydrothermal vent field along the Alarcón Rise at the southern end of the Gulf of California.
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More formally known by scientists as the mesophotic zone, the twilight zone is the part of the world’s tropical oceans at the limits of where corals can photosynthesise.
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In contrast to what was previously thought rather than seeing a gradual build-up of waves, the rogue wave will come seemingly out of nowhere.
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Satellite telemetry suggests that seamounts represent an overlooked cryptic habitat for humpback whales
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Coral colonies of P. cylindrica have a unique internal solution to the problem of forming their skeletons and building reef structure in the face of rising ocean acidification.
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