For generations, the mild and temperate climate of northwestern Europe has been credited to one legendary force: the Gulf ...

Scientists have uncovered strong evidence that a major Atlantic Ocean current system tied to global climate is weakening. The ...

Mother Ocean Day is Saturday, May 9, so here’s a few facts about our waters.

New research provides alarming evidence this ocean circulation is slowing and could be heading toward a shutdown, which would ...

The ocean covers about 70% of the Earth’s surface and holds roughly 50 times the amount of carbon found in the atmosphere.

Scientists are using tagged sharks as mobile sensors to collect ocean data, improving climate forecasts by up to 40%.

A new study published in the journal npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, shows that electronically tagged sharks can serve ...

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is a large-scale and delicate system of ocean currents, responsible for our warm climate.

The collapse of a critical ocean current system—an event that would upend Earth’s climate and wreak havoc on the Americas, Europe, and Africa—has been the subject of heated scientific debate for more ...

An ambitious research programme in northwestern pacific is striving to understand the many facets of the ocean — and the ways they are responding to human impacts — like never before. The sheer ...

For decades, Antarctica seemed to defy global warming. Since satellites began monitoring the poles in the late 1970s, the ...