Ocean currents act like Earth’s hidden conveyor belts, moving heat, nutrients, and life across the globe. From the swift Gulf Stream to the slow thermohaline circulation, they regulate climate, ...

More bad news for the ocean current at the center of the fictional (and scientifically inaccurate) "Day After Tomorrow" ...

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

"The Day After Tomorrow" imagined a world where a critical ocean current suddenly collapsed. New research says it has rapidly ...

Measurements by buoys at four latitudes in the western Atlantic provide the strongest evidence yet that the Atlantic ...

The oceans are mostly composed of warm salty water near the surface over cold, less salty water in the ocean depths. These ...

New research reveals how the speed of ocean currents and the shape of the seabed influence the amount of heat flowing underneath Antarctic ice shelves, contributing to melting. Scientists at the ...

Ocean sensors detect weakening in Atlantic circulation, highlighting possible long-term effects on climate and marine ...

Intense future climate change could have a far different impact on the world than current models predict, suggests a thought-provoking new study just out in the journal Science Advances. If ...

Some climate simulations indicate that a weakened AMOC could reduce monsoon rainfall over parts of India, especially central ...

Ocean eddies and circulation dynamics form a cornerstone of modern oceanographic research, with mesoscale eddies playing a critical role in the redistribution of heat, salinity and biogeochemical ...