The prospect of heat waves without end, increasingly destructive floods, relentless drought, rapidly rising sea levels, and the risk of “point of no return” tipping points require humanity to swiftly ...

New research shows that maintaining and adopting proposed marine protected areas (MPAs) in the Southern Ocean could almost ...

By 2050, offshore wind power capacity in the North Sea is set to increase more than tenfold. Researchers at the Helmholtz ...

Rehabilitated in Florida, a tagged loggerhead named Pyari may reveal how injured turtles adapt to currents, feeding, and migration.

Fresh evidence from sediment cores, satellite records, and deep-ocean sensors is converging on a troubling finding: meltwater ...

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

Quieter hurricane season ahead? In El Niño hurricane seasons, stronger shearing winds and sinking air often occur over at ...

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

REYKJAVIK, Iceland - It is just one scenario among many, but by far the most cataclysmic.

The disruption of a current that carries heat north from the tropics would make much of the world hotter, while turning ...

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 ...