All maps are influenced by the intent and biases of their creator—even those that are striving to be as accurate as possible.

Beneath the surface of the Southern Ocean, vast volumes of cold, dense water plunge off the Antarctic continental shelf, cascading down underwater cliffs to the ocean floor thousands of meters below.

The "Blue Marble" was the first photo of the whole Earth and the only ever taken by a human. Fifty years on, new images of ...

When a massive, black patch, known as a polynya, was spotted by NASA scientists for the first time, satellite operators were taken aback ...

such as the Southern Ocean (data source Scripps Institute of Oceanography, Roemmich and Gilson Argo climatology). Warming oceans, together with an increase in the frequency, intensity and duration of ...

A cold front associated with a low pressure system offshore is passing through the far northeast of the state. This low pressure system is expected to persist offshore Tuesday bringing unsettled ...