Oceans of Earth

NASA has announced it is joining a project that will coordinate all of the world's seabed science:

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/news/jun22/seabed-2030.html

US scientists at the Wood's Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) have won a substantial grant for the construction of a new type of robotic craft for long-term surveys beneath Antarctic glaciers:

https://www.whoi.edu/press-room/news-release/woods-hole-oceanographic-institutio...

This study from PLOS1 caught my attention since phytoplankton from the Earth's oceans furnish the majority of *oxygen* in the Earth's atmosphere:

https://www.earth.com/news/tiny-phytoplankton-that-feed-ocean-life-are-rapidly-d...

New data on Earth's former 8th continent, much of which has been covered by seawater for millennia:

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-have-drilled-into-earth-s-hidden-8th-con...

>4 MaureenRoy: you are a treasure with your ongoing additions of fascinating information about every aspect of science. Thank you.

Here is help in assessing the risk of sea level rise:

https://phys.org/news/2025-10-millions-sea-analysis.html

A new book, The Dark Frontier, analyzes the latest science discoveries about our oceans within the context of historic ocean science surveys throughout history:

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-dark-frontier-jeffrey-marlow/1147431600