Stronger El Niño events are more likely when springtime surface waters in the western Pacific Ocean become unusually salty, a ...

A conveyor belt of ocean water that loops the planet and regulates global temperatures could be heading for a tipping point.

The last ice age did not shut down Atlantic ocean currents, and that discovery may help explain future climate risks.

Each year, vast blooms of phytoplankton spread across the Southern Ocean, drawing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and ...

Using robotic fins, researchers at the University of California, Riverside have learned how stingrays are able to swim with ...

The town of Kuroshio in Japan is named after the swift ocean current that flows nearby. The Kuro­shio (Black Stream) stretches as wide as a megacity and carries more water than the Amazon river.

Elite RORC Transatlantic navigators explain how trade winds, squalls and positioning lessons apply directly to offshore cruising passages. The post How Top Race Navigators Read the Atlantic and What ...

Abstract: Spaceborne synthetic aperture radar (SAR) along-track interferometry (ATI) serves as a primary approach to measure the total surface current vector (TSCV) of the ocean. However, ...

As human activities have released greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, trapping excess heat and warming the planet, the ocean has absorbed more than 90% of that excess heat since the 1970s. The ocean ...

A shift in balance at the frozen edges of Antarctica could disrupt the balance in all of the world's oceans — affecting weather patterns and even global food security. Researchers from the University ...

Europe is the fastest-warming continent, and in 2026, there are big concerns about climate change driving more extreme weather and health impacts for those of us who live here. This week, an arctic ...