Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There’s nothing quite like taking a dip in the ocean in the summertime. Sand, sunshine and the smell of salt water are practically ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cliff Ross, University of North Florida marine biologist and chairman of the Biology Department, explores the Dry Tortugas west of ...

Image of Earth from 2020, over the South Pacific Ocean from the EPIC camera on the DSCOVR satellite. Clouds play a large role in Earth's albedo, but so does ocean salinity by affecting sea ice cover.

Using a design inspired by one of the ocean's best sailors, a team of scientists at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory is developing a low-cost sensor for ocean observations. The sensors are ...

Off the coast of Western Australia, the Southern Indian Ocean is becoming significantly less salty, and scientists say it’s happening at a rate never seen before. This rapid freshening has raised ...

Ocean salinity refers to the concentration and spatial–temporal variability of dissolved inorganic salts in seawater, typically expressed in practical salinity units (PSU) or as absolute salinity (g ...

Ocean salinity dynamics arise from the balance between freshwater inputs and removals and the transport of salt by ocean currents. Surface salinity patterns are shaped by evaporation, precipitation, ...