Not all bodies of water are salty like oceans. This is because rain replenishes the freshwater in rivers and streams. Oceans, on the other hand, collect salt and minerals from every river that ...

As climate change causes the world to warm, sea surface temperatures can offer clues about the health of these bodies of water.As such, the extent of the heat wave unfolding in the North Atlantic ...

Biogeographical regions of marine organisms, i.e., their distribution across different habitats, often overlap well with the major global ocean currents. The geological age of the currents plays a ...

The first mission to survey nearly all of the water on Earth’s surface launched Friday. The international Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base ...

A recent study published in Nature Astronomyhas provided compelling evidence for a frozen ocean world on the dwarf planet Ceres, situated within the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

Munitions, including anti-submarine explosives, have been found. Dumping munitions in bodies of water was a common practice during and after World War Two. Researchers are studying the effects.

A US-French satellite that will map almost all of the world’s oceans, lakes and rivers rocketed into orbit on Friday. The predawn launch aboard a SpaceX rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base ...

Discover the five major oceans of the world: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, and Arctic. Learn their locations and unique characteristics.

To search for the missing water mass, the scientists combed through data collected by the Argo program, an international array of robotic, self-submerging floats scattered across the world's oceans.

The James Webb Space Telescope investigated a giant planet, K2-18b, that could be an ocean world, according to NASA. The exoplanet lies 120 light-years away from Earth.

Understanding this water mass—as well as others—will help scientists grasp how the world’s oceans transfer heat and nutrients across the planet. Stare out into the grand expense of the ocean ...