Can't afford to go on vacation to the Caribbean this year? A trip down to Myrtle Beach might just set the same scenery. The ocean along Myrtle Beach and the Carolina Grand Strand has transformed into ...
A green ocean is a productive ocean; the light from the sun helps the phytoplankton — tiny ocean plants — to be productive. This production in turn drives ocean food webs. New research, published in ...
The ocean is blue because water absorbs colors in the red part of the light spectrum. Like a filter, this leaves behind colors in the blue part of the light spectrum for us to see. When sunlight hits ...
The Atlantic Ocean is undergoing a rapid and unsettling transformation that is now visible from space and measurable in the ...
To track the changes in ocean color, scientists analyzed measurements of ocean color taken by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard the Aqua satellite, which has been ...
I completed my PhD in the Atmospheric Science Department at Colorado State University (CSU) and continue to collaborate with forecasters associated with CSU's seasonal hurricane outlook. The 2024 ...
Yuxin Zhou received funding from the International Ocean Discovery Program Schlanger Fellowship. Jerry McManus receives funding from the United States National Science Foundation. When people think ...
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Superstorms, abrupt climate shifts and New York City frozen in ice. That’s ...