LiveScience Topics: Ocean

More Ocean News and Information

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  Robots to Swarm the Seas

  Swarms of soup-can-sized robots will soon plunge into the ocean seeking data on poorly understood phenomena from currents to biology.

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  Miniature Robots to Swarm the Oceans

  Robots will be employed to help scientists probe changes in the ocean.

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  Giant Crack in Africa Will Create a New Ocean

  A 35-mile rift in the desert of Ethiopia will likely become a new ocean eventually, researchers now confirm.

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  Sea Art Created by Natural Bloom

  Phytoplankton blooms help

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  Arctic Poised to be Open Sea

  Arctic ocean could be ice free in 30 years.

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  Surprising Ship 'Contrails' Seen From Space

  A NASA satellite has captured an image of ship "tracks" – clouds that form around ship exhaust.

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  Real Tsunami May Have Inspired Legend of Atlantis

  The volcanic explosion that obliterated much of the island that might have inspired the legend of Atlantis.

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  Albatross Search for Food

  Adult black-browed albatross soar above the Southern Ocean looking for food to feed their young chicks waiting on Bird Island, South Georgia. Such seabirds feed mainly on squid, fish and krill, and scraps left from killer whales.

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  Albatross Snags Scraps from Killer Whale

  Killer whales help some albatross snag dinner.

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  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.

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  6-foot Sea-level Rise Called Inevitable

  Even if emissions are stopped, the rise will occur.

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  Major South Pacific Quake Spawns Tsunami

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

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  Killer Hurricanes

  Why Do Certain Storms Become Mass Murderers?

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  Sea Stars Grow Faster as Water Warms

  Climate change gives rise to monster sea stars.

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  Ships Poised to Make First Arctic Ocean Crossing

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