Meandering ocean currents play an important role in the melting of Antarctic ice shelves, threatening a significant rise in sea levels.

From Miami to Maine, the East Coast is under moderate or high rip current risk advisories because of Hurricane Erin ...

A new study has highlighted the dangers of ocean current changes, saying they could lead to rising CO2 levels.

The vast ice of Antarctica has long seemed impregnable. But sudden changes are arriving – from shrinking sea ice to melting ...

Some of the ocean's tiniest organisms get swept into underwater currents that act as a conduit that shuttles them from the sunny surface to deeper, darker depths where they play a huge role ...

A warm blob of water in the North Atlantic is an ominous sign that a system of currents that regulate the planet's climate could be weakening.

Climate change is making ocean water more acidic. A new study suggests that a drop in pH could erode sharks’ teeth.

A groundbreaking study in the journal Science, has unveiled how deep ocean currents—known as global overturning circulation—play a pivotal role in shaping the diversity and function of microbial life ...

Unlike wind or solar energy, ocean currents flow steadily and predictably, providing consistent power production. Still, harvesting ocean energy is just beginning.

Glaciers holding massive amounts of water are melting at unprecedented rates, reshaping ocean systems and influencing conditions in the Pacific Northwest and beyond.

And it’s not just Europe. By cooling the northern hemisphere as a whole, an AMOC collapse would push the band of rain which girdles the tropics towards the south. That would be very bad for the ...

Just off the coast of Shanghai, beneath the churn of offshore wind turbines, China is launching a new kind of digital ...