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

Using advanced computer simulations, researchers from the University of Rhode Island's Graduate School of Oceanography (GSO) ...

Climate change is rapidly freshening one of Earth’s saltiest ocean regions in the Southern Indian Ocean, potentially disrupting circulation.

Understanding how the oceans behaved in the past — especially during extremely cold periods — is crucial for testing the models used to project future climate change. The peak of the last ice age, the ...

Scientists have expressed growing concern over a major Atlantic current that could collapse and send northern Europe into the next Ice Age. View on euronews ...

A new study finds that Arctic ringed seals face a double threat from climate change and long-lasting pollutants.

(Corrects wording in paragraphs 7-10 to clarify the Global Carbon Budget report contains projections for 2025, not for 2027) ...

Struggling kelp forests like those along the California coast show why 'out of sight, out of mind' is not good climate change ...

Researchers say tropical coral reefs may have already crossed a tipping point, portending mass dieback. Studies suggest they ...

Hawaii island police are seeking the public’s help to locate three people who are wanted on active arrest warrants and “should be considered armed and dangerous.” ...

His derring-do and unusual lung capacity led him to make record-breaking dives of more than 200 feet into the Atlantic without wearing a scuba tank or fins.

While we can’t usually observe coastal currents from the shoreline, water in the oceans of the world is in constant motion. Surface currents are driven by wind blowing across the sea surface, and ...