Maritime folklore is awash with tall tales of monstrous waves. A new study gets closer to understanding where they come from and how to predict them.
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Dramatic improvements in computing, sensors and submersible engineering are making it possible for researchers to ramp up data collection from the oceans while also keeping people out of harm’s way.
Currents can carry that deep ocean heat hundreds of miles to surface again at distant shores.
El Niño can trigger intense and widespread periods of extreme ocean warming known as marine heat waves. They can devastate marine life.
Working with underwater robots, scientists show how deep sea mountains and fast currents between Antarctica and South America play a crucial role in stabilizing the climate.
The ocean twilight zone could store vast amounts of carbon captured from the atmosphere, but first we need a 4D monitoring system to ensure ramping up carbon storage does no harm.
Ida exploded from a weak hurricane to a powerful Category 4 storm in less than 24 hours, thanks to heat from an ocean eddy. An oceanographer explains its rapid intensification.
When conditions are just right in some parts of the Indian Ocean, a type of bacteria will multiply and start to glow. Satellites are helping scientists study these milky seas for the first time.
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Professor in Ocean Engineering, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University
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Professor of Oceanography, University of Miami
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Ph.D. Candidate in Oceanography, California Institute of Technology
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Director, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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Climate Research Scientist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Ph.D. Candidate in Physical Oceanography, University of California, San Diego
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Associate Professor of Climate Science, Brandeis University
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Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University
