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

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

Without the Moon, Earth’s geology, biology, and climate — as well as human philosophy — would be different in many significant ways. If Earth had no Moon, the postulated origin of the Moon through a ...

Food and drink packaging dominates beach litter worldwide, appearing on shorelines in nearly every country surveyed.

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

A major Atlantic Ocean current system that helps regulate Earth’s climate has been slowing for nearly two decades across a wide stretch of ocean, according to new research—potentially reshaping ...

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 marine heat wave is warming California’s coast, driving seabird starvation, ecosystem stress and record ocean temperatures.

Some climate simulations indicate that a weakened AMOC could reduce monsoon rainfall over parts of India, especially central and northwestern regions. Others suggest rainfall may become more uneven — ...

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