It’s part of the scenario in “The Day After Tomorrow,” but scientists differ over whether or how fast it may occur. A team studying the current toils to bring clarity.

The southern Indian Ocean off the west coast of Australia is becoming less salty at an astonishing rate, largely due to ...

A system of Atlantic Ocean currents crucial for regulating the world's weather and ecosystems might be more resilient against climate change than previously thought, a new study found. Researchers ...

The strongest ocean current on Earth circles Antarctica. It’s the primary way water moves between the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans, and helps regulate the global climate. But a new study ...

As the planet warms, it risks crossing catastrophic tipping points: thresholds where Earth systems, such as ice sheets and rainforests, change irreversibly over human lifetimes. Melting ice sheets in ...

Bigger than any waterfall on land, this hidden ocean giant flows silently beneath the sea, unseen by human eyes, yet it plays a powerful role in shaping Earth's climate and ocean currents.

The Atlantic Ocean's 'conveyer belt' might be slowing down - and scientists are rushing to figure out why.

Sometimes, the best thing for a penguin is to go with the flow. Magellanic penguins change their strategy for navigating home based on the strength of ocean currents, researchers report July 17 in ...