Measuring the Ocean’s Magnetic Field with Satellites
The European Space Agency’s Swarm satellites are investigating the Earth’s magnetic field and the part that shifting ocean tides play.
Oceanography is the study of the biological and physical properties of the world’s largest bodies of water, the oceans.
Oceanography is a branch of Earth science and geography that studies the oceans, including their physical and biological aspects, as well as the interactions between the oceans and the atmosphere, land, and other bodies of water. It involves the study of ocean currents, waves, tides, temperature, salinity, and other physical characteristics, as well as the diverse array of marine life that inhabits the world’s oceans.
The European Space Agency’s Swarm satellites are investigating the Earth’s magnetic field and the part that shifting ocean tides play.
Point Nemo is a pole of inaccessibility that marks the furthest location from the ocean to the nearest coastline.
In an article published in Global Change Biology, a group of researchers examines what is happening to animal migration when the Pacific and Atlantic oceans merge owing to Arctic melt.
The U.S. Geological Survey has provided a new look at approximately 2,000 miles worth of coastlines and seafloor imagery surrounding the United States which is available to the public to view.