Without warm currents from the South Atlantic, Iceland would be much icier and stormier. Now, those currents are at risk of ...

The Ocean's Global Heat Distribution System One of the most important functions of the ocean is to move heat around the ...

As sea ice vanishes, polar ocean currents are stirring faster - reshaping heat, carbon, and nutrient flow across the Arctic and Antarctic.

Iceland declares Atlantic Ocean current collapse a national security threat as scientists warn it could trigger a modern-day ...

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Iceland has designated the potential collapse of a major Atlantic Ocean current system a national ...

A subpolar gyre is a large-scale ocean current system located at high latitudes created by a persistent region of low ...

As global electricity use grows, the strain on traditional energy sources increases. Renewable options like wind and solar have become popular, yet there's a massive, largely untapped resource beneath ...

"I came across this unique jellyfish I had never seen around here before [...] So I scooped it up, put it in a ziplock bag, ...

Melting sea ice in polar regions is transforming how the oceans move and mix. In a recent study, researchers used a ...

Ocean currents driven by wind, water density, tides, ocean floor features, or the Coriolis effect, have an important role on climate regulation and marine ecology. In turn, increasing water surface ...

A warming climate doesn't just affect dry land — it affects the ocean, too. For many years, Earth's ocean has acted as a heat sink for climate change: A large part of the heat generated by human use ...