Global warming is having an impact on Atlantic Ocean currents that could lead to significant shifts in weather patterns in ...

As global electricity demand grows, traditional energy sources are under strain. Oceans, which cover more than 70% of Earth's ...

A mesmerizing new visualization of ocean currents from NASA has been compared to the Starry Night painting of Van Gogh.

Between Hawaii and California, trash swirls in giant ocean currents, caught up in the infamous, Texas-sized Great Pacific Garbage Patch. This is just one of many found across the globe. Efforts to ...

The Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), the strongest ocean current on Earth, is rapidly weakening due to the accelerating ...

Until now, a global evaluation of ocean current energy with actual data was lacking. Using 30 years of NOAA's Global Drifter ...

Located off the coast of Ecuador, Paramount seamount is among the kinds of ocean floor features that certain ocean-observing ...

Ultra-stable laser technology is being used to detect earthquakes in the Southwest Pacific thanks to an inventive method ...

We explore the science behind deadly rip currents with ocean safety expert Bruckner Chase and scientist Greg Dusek ...

An exhausted swimmer was found in the ocean off North Carolina, after witnesses reported seeing someone struggling to stay ...

As the world's largest reserve of fresh water ... But a more pressing concern is the impact of all that fresh water on the Antarctic Circumpolar Current - a slow overturning of ocean water that serves ...