If temperatures keep soaring, scientists fear that AMOC could collapse — and with it, climate patterns across the globe.
The conflicts in Ukraine, Iran, and Afghanistan are undermining the viability of Central Asia as an energy and transport hub.
An artistic visualization of ocean currents from NASA has people mesmerized learning about our planet's underwater highways.
Twin cyclones helped trigger massive ocean warming in the Pacific. But whether that leads to a strong El Niño is still ...
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 ...
An ocean current called the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation will weaken by 50 percent by 2100. The question is ...
A broad swath of the Pacific Ocean is simmering from an exceptional marine heat wave that scientists warn could just be settling in. Marine animals are already feeling its effects.
A potentially historic El Niño is brewing in the Pacific — one that forecasters say could become among the strongest ever ...
It may sound counterintuitive, but new research suggests that cleaning up air pollution could contribute to a weakening of ...
The usual picture of Antarctic ice loss is simple enough: a warmer atmosphere melts more ice, and the oceans rise. This new ...
As the Pacific heats up off the Central Coast, seabirds are dying and marine mammals are showing signs of strain. Will an ...
Warmer waters also mean less upwelling — when deep, cold ocean water rises to the surface. That means “less nutrients, and ...