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 ...

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

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

A new effort to map the ocean floor funded by the Office of Naval Research uses the magic of mathematics and the power of ...

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

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

We’ve mapped nearly all of Mars’ surface from orbit, yet we know less about Earth’s ocean floor — almost 75% remains unmapped in high resolution. This terrestrial blind spot is driving NJIT ...

Baby whale sharks remain one of the biggest mysteries in marine science, but new research suggests their birthplaces may be ...

A, after years of drifting, now appears stuck near South Georgia Island. Once lodged in the Southern Weddell Sea for decades, ...

In many parts of the world land is moving down faster than the sea itself is going up', explained the lead author of the ...

Scientists are alarmed by the slowing of a key ocean current. The Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), the world’s strongest, is weakening. This shift, driven by climate change, could lead to ...

The world's largest and oldest iceberg ... A23a started to drift up through the Southern Ocean in 2020, when currents put it on a possible collision course with South Georgia.