LiveScience Topics: Ocean

More Ocean News and Information

• 

  Exploring the Mysteries of the Ocean Floor

  Emily Beal travels to the seafloor to learn how deep sea organisms use the sun-less chemical environment to thrive.

• 

  6-foot Sea-level Rise Called Inevitable

  Even if emissions are stopped, the rise will occur.

• 

  Major South Pacific Quake Spawns Tsunami

  A major earthquake struck in the Somoa Islands region of the South Pacific Ocean.

• 

  Killer Hurricanes

  Why Do Certain Storms Become Mass Murderers?

• 

  Birth of a Killer: How Hurricanes Begin

  Tracing a super-storm from its roots in Africa to its furious assault on the Caribbean and Gulf coast. Disastrous typhoons will be on collision courses with coastal populations of the future.

• 

  Bitter Legacy of Hurricanes Past

  Driven by warm ocean waters, some storms can unleash a lethal package of high wind, devastating rain and surging tidal waters.

• 

  The Hundred Year Storm: Why Certain Hurricanes Turn Killer

  When Hurricane Ike attacked Texas, it echoed a super-storm one century ago; a terrifying deja vu of the deadliest natural disaster in American history.

• 

  A More Perfect Storm: How Hurricanes Intensify

  Under certain horrifying conditions two eye-walls will form, adding energy to an already dangerous cyclone. This Earth's recipe for cooking up a killer like Katrina.

• 

  Cat Scan of Katrina: Inside a Super Storm

  New science tools probe the anatomy and physiology of large coastal hurricanes. Researchers dissect the data of dangerous super-storms past to predict the life-cycles of future typhoons.

• 

  Inside Killer Hurricanes

  Why do certain storms become mass-murderers? New science discoveries reveal the inner secrets of super-storms, buying vital hours - or even days - for disaster prevention.

• 

  Sea Stars Grow Faster as Water Warms

  Climate change gives rise to monster sea stars.

• 

  Ships Poised to Make First Arctic Ocean Crossing

  Two German ships are set to make the first true passage of the Northeast Passage.

• 

  Arctic May Be Changed Forever, Study Finds

  Study documents ecosystem-wide changes to global warming across Arctic.

• 

  Why Pacific Hurricanes Hit the Americas So Rarely

  Conditions in the Atlantic favor landfalling hurricanes, while those in the Pacific keep storms away from land.

• 

  Dangers in the Deep: 10 Scariest Sea Creatures

  Just when you though it was safe to go in the water, these predators lurk below.

• 

  Summer Bloom in the Barents Sea

  Satellites capture a giant phytoplankton bloom near Russia.

• 

  Seawater May Someday Power Jets

  The ocean may hold the largest source of power.

• 

  Sea Creature Releases Glowing Decoy 'Bombs'

  A newly discovered species of deep sea worm releases tiny balloon-like structures that glow in the dark to distract predators, scientists have found.

• 

  Study: Plastics Decompose in Ocean

  Study finds plastics decompose in ocean, creating more pollution.

• 

  Ocean Temps Set Record High in July

  Breaks the previous high mark established in 1998.

• 

  Mermaid Sightings Claimed in Israel

  Reports of mermaid sightings have come from the Israeli town of Kiryat Yam.