A conveyor belt of ocean water that loops the planet and regulates global temperatures could be heading for a tipping point.

A trash can lost during Hurricane Sally in Alabama 5 years ago traveled across the Atlantic to wash up in the United Kingdom.

Scientists studying ancient ocean fossils found that the Arabian Sea was better oxygenated 16 million years ago, even though ...

Narrow bands of ocean covering just over one-third of the world's seas are responsible for absorbing nearly three-quarters of ...

While we can’t usually observe coastal currents from the shoreline, water in the oceans of the world is in constant motion.

When most of us look out at the ocean, we see a mostly flat blue surface stretching to the horizon. It’s easy to imagine the ...

"Santa Cruz, Moss Landing and Monterey harbors and Pillar Point Harbor just north of Half Moon Bay host vessels that offer ...

Discover how the Coriolis effect shapes weather patterns across the globe, including ocean currents and a hurricane’s spin. The coriolis effect influences everything from trade winds to storms.

A team hopes to place instruments in the waters beneath the colossal Thwaites Glacier, with the help of a drill that uses hot ...

Climate science, over the past few decades, especially since the turn of the new century, has increasingly identified trouble spots with ecosystems that ...

Beach hazard warnings have been issued in parts of central California, as the National Weather Service warns of strong rip ...

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