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

The Global Ocean Observing System informs weather forecasts and climate projections. But funding pressures could create data ...

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

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The weakening of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation could alter weather and ecosystems throughout the world.

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Over the course of 13 expeditions and other efforts between mid-2025 and mid-2026, scientists found hundreds of previously ...

Deep in the ocean is a worm that makes its home inside a “glass castle,” a mysterious “ghost shark” and a carnivorous “death ...

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 ...

The key to the intensity of a coming El Niño lies hundreds of feet down in the Pacific Ocean. That’s where a freight train of record-warm water is chugging along. This train, called a Kelvin wave, is ...

A view of Shoesmith Glacier on Horseshoe Island in Antarctica, which is shrinking by 3 centimeters per day. A view of Shoesmith Glacier on Horseshoe Island in Antarctica, which is shrinking by 3 ...