A new study from the University of Manchester and the United Kingdom's National Oceanography Centre has uncovered a hidden transport system for microplastics. Deep-sea "avalanches," or turbidity ...

During the last ice age, the Atlantic Ocean's powerful current system remained active and continued to transport warm, salty ...

Far below the ocean’s surface, tiny plastic fragments are accumulating in thick, drifting clouds that rival any garbage patch at the top of the sea. What once looked like a surface litter problem is ...

New research from an international group looking at ancient sediment cores in the North Atlantic has for the first time shown a strong correlation between sediment changes and a marked period of ...

During the last ice age, the Atlantic Ocean’s powerful current system remained active and continued to transport warm, salty water from the tropics to the North Atlantic despite extensive ice cover ...