London: Scientists have found that a gas released from the oceans on Earth may play a significant role in the destruction of ozone layer.

Researchers at the Universities of York and Leeds found that the principal source of iodine oxide can be explained by emissions of hypoiodous acid (HOI) — a gas not yet considered as being released from the ocean — along with a contribution from molecular iodine (I2). Since the 1970s when methyl iodide (CH3I) was discovered as ubiquitous in the ocean, the presence of iodine in the atmosphere has been understood to arise mainly from emissions of organic compounds from phytoplankton — microscopic marine plants.

A massive iceberg — twice the size of Manhattan — has broken off of a glacier in Greenland, according to NASA satellite imagery, in what could be the latest indication of global warming.

The images released on Wednesday show the massive chunk of ice breaking off of the Petermann Glacier on the north-western coast of Greenland. The glacier produced a similar ice island twice as large in 2010.

In January of this year, a comprehensive study of animals in the Southern Ocean was completed, showing that the region is under threat from climate change.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association today designated the Atlantic sturgeon an endangered species, providing it greater legal protections, following a petition the Natural Resources Def

New research from the University of Missouri indicates that Atlantic Ocean temperatures during the greenhouse climate of the Late Cretaceous Epoch were influenced by circulation in the deep ocean.

For the first time, scientists have discovered mysterious deep seat jets of water which cause anomalies in wind, rainfall and sea temperature across the tropical Atlantic.

Past research has shown that the oceans impact climate in a multitude of ways, most notably with the ocean-atmosphere phenomena known as El Nino and La Nina, where patterns of warmth and cold in the Pacific wreak havoc world