The oceans are mostly composed of warm salty water near the surface over cold, less salty water in the ocean depths. These two regions don't mix except in certain special areas, which creates a large ...

The world’s ocean is constantly moving. Ocean currents (movement of water from one location to another) are easier to see closer to shore, but currents are found from the ocean's surface down to the ...

Course description: A yearly investigation, in seminar format, of major problems in the study and understanding of Quaternary climate variation. Each year one or two major topics will be addressed, ...

Researcher Léon Chafik aboard an oceanographic expedition at the Greenland–Scotland Ridge, with a CTD rosette in the background used to measure temperature, salinity, and other water properties ...