Scientists from around the globe are gearing up for a research cruise off New Zealand, where they will examine the mysteries of the deep ocean using a suite of high-tech instruments. Scheduled May ...

In the 1990s, scientists were scrambling to fill a huge gap in the systems that measure the Earth’s warming climate. Space satellites suggested the missing pieces might be found in the vast expanses ...

Scientists have crossed an important threshold in an international effort to deploy a global network of robotic instruments to monitor and investigate important changes in the world's oceans.

The Argo network of sensor-bearing profiling floats measures ocean water temperature, salinity and velocity to a degree never before possible. The Argo Steering Committee, the international panel of ...