The oceans are mostly composed of warm salty water near the surface over cold, less salty water in the ocean depths. These ...

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 ...

One of the ocean's saltiest regions has become 30 per cent less salty - sparking fears the Gulf Stream could be inching closer to a catastrophic collapse.

The planet won’t look like this forever. A future supercontinent could unleash brutal cold, rising heat, and even a wave of ...

There's no need to rush out for bread and milk if this storm keeps trending south.

Scientists are again examining the strength of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, the vast ocean system that ...

Fresh evidence from sediment cores, satellite records, and deep-ocean sensors is converging on a troubling finding: meltwater pouring off the Antarctic ice sheet may be reorganizing the planet’s ocean ...

It’s a result, according to meteorologists, of our prevailing weather system, which is normally dominated by the North Atlantic jet stream being challenged by cold air pushed down by something called ...