An ocean current called the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation will weaken by 50 percent by 2100. The question is ...

An artistic visualization of ocean currents from NASA has people mesmerized learning about our planet's underwater highways.

New data confirms what climate experts have long worried about: a warm mass of deep polar water has expanded toward Antarctica.

A preliminary study suggests that blocking off the waterway between Russia and Alaska could help the survival of a key system ...

A remote island between Australia and Antarctica is showing signs of a dramatic climate transformation. Scientists found ...

Satellite tracking shows Olive Ridley turtles migrating from India to the Sri Lanka Dome, a nutrient-rich upwelling zone in ...

For generations, the mild and temperate climate of north-western Europe has been credited to one legendary force: the Gulf Stream. This idea is so deeply entrenched in our cultural identity that in ...

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

"We can't just consider the direct impact of a warming atmosphere." ...

Hidden warm-water traps beneath Antarctica may be melting the continent’s ice far faster than scientists realized.

A rare dataset collected by instruments at the point where Antarctica's largest ice shelf begins to float reveals ocean processes that drive melting at this critical part of the continent. During a ...