Researchers at Utrecht University report that, in high-resolution ocean simulations, an abrupt northward shift of the Gulf Stream near Cape Hatteras precedes a modeled collapse of the Atlantic ...

Models show that as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation gets weaker, the Gulf Stream will drift northwards. There ...

Battery Point Lighthouse in Crescent City lets you walk across the actual ocean floor twice a day, and it’s exactly as cool ...

It stretches nearly 480 kilometres in width. Scientists estimate that millions of cubic metres of water fall downward every second. Its flow rate is several times greater than that of the largest ...

What happens when one of the most valuable climate heartbeats on earth is involved in the thin water passage between Florida and the Bahamas? During one of her night research shifts with the Straits ...

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 ...

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 ...

EXCLUSIVE: Disney Television Animation, the studio behind animated hits such as Big City Greens and Phineas and Ferb, has brought on Zack Olin as senior vice president of Development and Current ...

While we can’t usually observe coastal currents from the shoreline, water in the oceans of the world is in constant motion. Surface currents are driven by wind blowing across the sea surface, and ...

New research reveals how ocean warming triggered the large-scale retreat of the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream (NEGIS)—offering vital clues for understanding its modern-day vulnerability. NEGIS is the ...

Iceland’s relatively mild climate is shaped by a crucial network of currents that winds its away around the Atlantic Ocean transporting heat northward — without it, the island would be much icier and ...

Iceland declares threat to Atlantic Ocean current a national security risk Scientists warn current collapse could trigger modern-day ice age for Northern Europe Researchers working to understand how, ...