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- West African Master’s Students Embark on POLARSTERN Expedition to Study Atlantic Climate Change
Published: May 1, 2026
Section: Research
Fourteen students from the West African ‘Climate Change and Marine Sciences’ programme have set sail from Cabo Verde to Germany aboard the research vessel POLARSTERN. This "Floatin...
- Panama’s Critical Ocean Upwelling Fails for the First Time in Four Decades Amid Weakening Winds
Published: Apr 27, 2026
Section: Research
Researchers at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute have documented the unprecedented collapse of the Gulf of Panama’s seasonal upwelling process during the 2025 dry season....
- China Launches Massive Floating Research Platform Capable of Reaching Full Ocean Depths Amid Security Concerns
Published: Apr 24, 2026
Section: Asia
Shanghai Jiao Tong University has debuted a world-first, ultra-large deep-sea floating research platform designed to explore depths of up to 32,800 feet. The facility aims to enhan...
- Eight-Year DNA Study Reveals Seasonal Resource Sharing Sustains Microbial Diversity in the Deep Pacific
Published: Apr 18, 2026
Section: Research
Oceanographers at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa have identified robust seasonal cycles within microbial communities extending from the ocean surface to depths of two and a hal...
- Ocean Eddies Driving Extreme Coastal Temperatures And Rapid Surface Warming In Global Currents
Published: Apr 15, 2026
Section: Environment
A study led by the University of Miami reveals that intensifying ocean eddies are reshaping major western boundary currents like the Agulhas. These swirling instabilities are accel...
- Scripps Researchers Launch GOFLOW AI to Map Ocean Surface Currents Using Existing Weather Satellites
Published: Apr 13, 2026
Section: Environment
Scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography have developed GOFLOW, a deep learning tool that transforms thermal weather satellite imagery into high-resolution...
- Oceanographer Warns Media Hyperbole Regarding Atlantic Current Collapse Hinders Critical Irish Climate Infrastructure Planning
Published: Apr 11, 2026
Section: Natural Sciences
Dr Gerard McCarthy of Maynooth University reports that sensationalized media portrayals of Atlantic current failures obscure the genuine environmental threats facing Ireland. Scien...
- Scientists Propose Colossal 80km Underwater "Seabed Curtain" To Prevent Thwaites Glacier Collapse
Published: Feb 24, 2026
Section: Environment
A radical geoengineering project is gaining traction as researchers from the University of Cambridge and the Arctic University of Norway propose an 80-kilometer-long underwater cur...