One of the most important functions of the ocean is to move heat around the planet via currents. Think of the ocean as Earth's central heating system, constantly redistributing thermal energy from the ...

The heat wave battering Europe may have an unlikely partner in crime: a patch of cold ocean water south of Iceland and ...

This chilly patch of ocean is likely a result of a vital ocean current system’s instability ...

Researchers at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) led one of the first global assessments of how marine ecosystems responded during the first year when global temperatures ...

The ocean's conveyor belts help regulate Earth's climate, and small shifts can ripple far beyond the sea 🌊🌍. This video ...

Critics say the move to retire the $360 million system doesn't make sense. The National Science Foundation cites new scientific priorities.

Comparison of Arctic Ocean FSLE snapshots from the two simulations during March. Brighter regions (high FSLE) indicate more vigorous horizontal stirring. Left panel: present-day conditions; right ...

Ocean eddies are intensifying with climate change, especially in western boundary currents. Boundary currents separate coastal seas from the open ocean, but eddies drive cross-slope fluxes that can ...

Oceans and seas represent major regulators of global climate systems, controlling the water cycle, moderating and stabilizing temperatures, redistributing heat, and acting as carbon sinks 1. Their ...

The potential collapse of a key Atlantic ocean current − due to human-caused climate change − is in the news again. You'd be hard-pressed to come up with a scarier scenario than what's going on now ...