Scientists map microplastics across ocean depths, revealing their deep spread, persistence, and potential climate impact.

When the Kīlauea Volcano erupted in May 2018, an enormous amount of ash was released into the atmosphere in a plume nearly five ... Gyre, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans (2025).

Kilauea ash (top) was deposited where the bloom occurred. Credit: W. Cheah.

For instance, the 2023 global tipping points report – co-authored by more than 200 researchers from 90 organisations in 26 countries – recognised that five “major” tipping elements ... the North ...

A clump of sargassum weed the size of a soccer ball drifts near Bermuda in the slow swirl of the Sargasso Sea, part of the North Atlantic gyre ... landmasses but by five major currents that ...

When the Kīlauea volcano erupted in May 2018 on Hawaiʻi Island, an enormous amount of ash was released into the atmosphere in a plume nearly 5 miles ... Subtropical Gyre in summer 2018 was prompted by ...

The global ocean is made up of five major ocean basins: the Pacific ... The CLIVAR P16S field campaign has entered the waters of the South Pacific known as a subtropical gyre. Gyre means “circular or ...