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Sonar scans of the Indian Ocean floor south of Christmas Island have revealed a Tolkeinesque landscape of towering peaks, ashen uplands and ominous volcanic craters.
Internal waves can create pretty cloud shapes in the sky, as well as making life unpleasant for passengers on aeroplanes. And in the oceans they can be a deadly hazard to submarines.
Climate change is strengthening the division between the ocean surface and the abyss.
Each bit of plastic takes a unique journey once it reaches the ocean. We’re trying to spot the patterns.
How Pacific winds interact with the sea to bring colder waters up from the depths.
Universities and the professions are changing in response to climate change. When will the advances in knowledge and practice we are already seeing prompt governments to act with the required urgency?
Cold-water plankton is being replaced by warm-water species.
Sandy beaches are densely populated and occupy more than one third of the global coastline.
In some places, the ocean is almost 7 miles deep. Scientists exploring the ocean floor have found strange sea creatures, bizarre geologic formations and records of Earth’s history.
Leonardo’s obsession with water flowed through his technical work, his art and his scientific ideas.
Lots of academic scientists collaborate with federal employees and resources on their research projects. And at the moment they can’t. A climatologist explains the bind they’re in.
The Antarctic Circumpolar Current provides a barrier to heat that keeps warm subtropical waters away from Antarctica. Yet, there are a few places where the heat gets through.
The $444 million awarded to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation has been criticised as a politically calculated move. But governments have been asking what the reef can do for them ever since colonial times.
A chance discovery of some kelp that floated for 20,000km before washing up on an Antarctic beach has opened up a new chapter in our understanding of the currents that swirl around the Southern Ocean.
Biologists are finding new evidence that these ocean invertebrate grazers don’t just ingest whatever they catch. They can actually be picky eaters – and their choices might influence ocean food webs.
Walter Munk might be the most under-appreciated man in surfing, but he is a big deal in ocean science. If you’ve ever checked a surf forecast before paddling out, you have him to thank.
Pictures of ocean bays emptied of water as Hurricane Irma moved through the Caribbean and Florida show that storm surges can move away from the coast, as well as onto it.
A special combination of rain, rocks and subsea volcanoes makes the sea salty.
Humpback whales are deterred from their migration routes by the noise of air guns used to survey the ocean floor for oil and gas deposits, a new study has found.
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Professor of Coastal Oceanography, The University of Western Australia
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Professor in Oceanography and Public Engagement, Utrecht University
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Assistant Professor, UWA Oceans Institute, The University of Western Australia
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Professor in Oceanography, UNSW
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Senior Lecturer in Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton
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Senior Curator of Marine Invertebrates, Museums Victoria Research Institute
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Professor; Executive Director, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania
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PhD, University of Newcastle
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Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies - Intelligent & Resilient Ocean Engineering, University of Southampton
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Distinguished University Professor and Adviser in Marine Studies, Oregon State University