Study reveals origin of 'motion of the ocean' in the straits of Florida

Study reveals origin of 'motion of the ocean' in the straits of Florida

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Ocean currents sometimes pinch off sections that create circular currents

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Mysterious seafloor plateau off East Coast being explored for first time by NOAA team

Mysterious seafloor plateau off East Coast being explored for first time by NOAA team

A NOAA expedition is underway to explore unmapped areas of seafloor off the East Coast, including th

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'Living fossil' fish may live for up to a century

'Living fossil' fish may live for up to a century

image copyrightGetty Imagesimage captionStaff at the National Museum of Kenya display a coelacanth c

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Octopuses Get Emotional About Pain, Research Suggests

Octopuses Get Emotional About Pain, Research Suggests

The octopus is becoming a popular creature among neuroscientists. It is a very smart invertebrate wi

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Darwin got sexual selection backwards, research suggests

Darwin got sexual selection backwards, research suggests

Charles Darwin was a careful scientist. In the middle of the 19th century, while he was collecting e

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Can eating fish be sustainable?

Can eating fish be sustainable?

Industrial fishing is emptying our oceans and fishing methods also endangers other marine animals an

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Flushed antidepressants make this animal unusually "bold,” scientists discover

Flushed antidepressants make this animal unusually "bold,” scientists discover

At a University of Florida lab, crayfish are going wild. In a video published by University of Flori

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Mysterious methane-eating microbes in the sea are 'helping to keep Earth cool'

Researchers now know why so little methane reaches the sea surface. (Getty) Microbes in the ocean ar

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Mediterranean Turning into Tropical Sea, WWF Warns

Mediterranean Turning into Tropical Sea, WWF Warns

A beach on the Greek island of Lesvos. Credit: Jordan Kapantais / CC BY-SA 4.0 The Mediterranean is

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‘Eating into their flesh’: Reef sharks with skin disease may be the latest victims of climate change

‘Eating into their flesh’: Reef sharks with skin disease may be the latest victims of climate change

Divers in the waters off Malaysia’s Sipadan Island have long enjoyed getting a glimpse of turtles, m

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Fish are swimming to cooler waters as climate change heats our oceans

Fish are swimming to cooler waters as climate change heats our oceans

This month in Climate Now we report on the big changes underway in our oceans from a fish market in

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How a drone army is rising to tackle ocean plastics

How a drone army is rising to tackle ocean plastics

Floating drones inspired by whale sharks and four-wheeled robots that resemble the Mars rover are am

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