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

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

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

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

Scientists have uncovered strong evidence that a major Atlantic Ocean current system tied to global climate is weakening. The slowdown has been detected across a vast region of the North Atlantic over ...

Weather satellites are not only used to forecast the weather: they also provide valuable information about ocean currents. By ...

Satellite‐based estimation of ocean surface currents has emerged as a transformative tool in physical oceanography, enabling continuous, wide‐area monitoring of the dynamic coastal and open‐ocean ...

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 ...

A view of Shoesmith Glacier on Horseshoe Island in Antarctica, which is shrinking by 3 centimeters per day. —Sebnem Coskun—Getty Images Deep ocean heat is moving closer to Antarctica, a new ...

The potential collapse of a key Atlantic ocean current − due to human-caused climate change − is in the news again. You'd be hard-pressed to come up with a scarier scenario than what's going on now ...