STRAITS OF FLORIDA — At 2 a.m., oceanographer Ryan Smith was headed into his 12th hour of work with little sleep when trouble started. From the rear deck of the University of Miami’s research boat, he ...

Scenes in ‘The Day After Tomorrow’ show massive tsunamis, a new ice age and certain death for millions after a key ocean current stopped circulating. Though the star-studded film is fictional, ...

Onboard the Rosenstiel School's research vessel, F.G. Walton Smith, oceanographers are investigating why changes in a Florida ocean current could wreak havoc worldwide. Donald Trump reacts to Jesse ...

REYKJAVIK, Iceland — It is just one scenario among many, but by far the most cataclysmic. Sometime over the next 100 years, human-driven warming could disrupt a vital ocean current that carries heat ...

The Southern Indian Ocean off the west coast of Australia is becoming less salty at an astonishing rate, largely due to climate change, new research shows. In a study published February 3 in Nature ...

A massive volcanic eruption can cool the planet within months. What happens next may take centuries. Currently, this potential consequence is a large part of current research being conducted on the ...

At 2 a.m., oceanographer Ryan Smith was headed into his 12th hour of work with little sleep when trouble started. From the rear deck of the University of Miami’s research boat, he guided the vessel’s ...

Researchers found that a majority of studies on coastal sea levels underestimated how high water levels are, and hundreds of millions of people are closer to peril than previously thought.

Video: University of Miami study 'The Day After Tomorrow' ocean currents Onboard the Rosenstiel School's research vessel, F.G. Walton Smith, oceanographers are investigating why changes in a Florida ...

Canada uranium deal, today's Knowledge Nugget revisits the basics — what uranium is, its key isotopes, how the enrichment process works, and why it is central to nuclear energy. Also, go 'Beyond the ...