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Juvenile blue chromis linger near the branches of an Acropora millepora colony off Lizard Island on the Northern Great Barrier Reef.

The Researcher, the Reef, and a Storm

Can marine reserves protect Earth’s underwater nurseries?

Feature Article

Dec. 28, 2020

Wind speeds at a height of 80 meters (262 feet), or approximately the hub height of a turbine, indicate a viable wind resource in the study area.

The Power of a Brazilian Wind

Researchers discover that coastal winds could help change Brazil's energy portfolio.

Feature Article

Dec. 28, 2020

Photograph of a leatherback turtle

The Mysterious Lives of Leatherbacks

Knowing how leatherback sea turtles migrate could keep them safer.

Feature Article

Dec. 28, 2020

This image of Turkey offers a comparison of the color of the Black Sea (top of the image), which shows a phytoplankton bloom, and the Mediterranean Sea (bottom of the image)

Spin Cycle

So much depends on the ocean's deep churn.

Feature Article

Dec. 28, 2020

A statue on the spire of Duomo Cathedral overlooks the Milan skyline.

Soiled Soils

Invisible pollutants lurk under Italy’s most populous valley.

Feature Article

Dec. 28, 2020

Pacific bluefin tuna are prodigious swimmers, able to cross the Pacific Ocean in less than a month.

Shadowing the Tuna Boats

Logbooks, satellites, and game theory help steward tuna in the Pacific.

Feature Article

Dec. 28, 2020

In Naruto, Japan, a boundary between different water masses appears as a sliver of still water beyond turbulent waters.

Salt of the Sea

Researchers study the recipe for salt, currents, and climate.

Feature Article

Dec. 28, 2020

In this image from the NASA Aqua satellite, a swirling phytoplankton bloom becomes visible from space when warm waters from the Kuroshio Current collide with the frigid waters of the Oyashio Current off the eastern coast of Japan.

Probing the Black Current

Satellites and ocean bottom instruments tell similar stories.

Feature Article

Dec. 28, 2020

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