The underwater storms they focused on — called submesoscales — are fast-changing, swirling ocean eddies. “Think of these like little water twirls that spin around really fast, kind of like when you ...

Violent underwater "storms" could cause the West Antarctic Ice Sheet to melt much more quickly than originally thought, a new study found, which could also put more coastal communities at risk. As ...

Life in the ocean runs on light. It fuels photosynthesis, shapes food webs and determines where many marine species can live.

(CNN) — Swirling underwater “storms” are aggressively melting the ice shelves of two vital Antarctic glaciers, with potentially “far-reaching implications” for global sea level rise, according to a ...