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

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

Two people were rescued from the ocean near Marina on Sunday after being swept into the water by a rip current near 8th ...

As a result, the National Weather Service forecast office in Honolulu has extended the high surf advisory until 6 p.m. Tuesday (Feb. 17) for the eastern shores of the North Kohala, Hāmākua, North and ...

A new study suggests that some of the world’s oxygen-deprived oceans could eventually regain higher oxygen levels in the ...

Yesterday, an international team of researchers from various disciplines set off aboard the German research vessel METEOR for an expedition along the west coast of Africa, led by the GEOMAR Helmholtz ...

This aerial view follows a long suspension bridge stretching across open water connecting rugged hills with a coastal urban ...

California State Parks and the United States Coast Guard were dispatched to a water rescue involving two individuals who were ...

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 ...

Honolulu lifeguards rescued two surfers caught in a rip current off of Mokuleia on Oahu’s North Shore today. According to the Honolulu Ocean Safety Department, a 911 call came in at about 3:41 p.m.

Slimy, snake-shaped and yellow-brown, freshwater eels swim the rivers, estuaries and the coastal waters of Asia, Oceania, Europe, Africa and North America. Despite what their name says, these fish ...

The sun was still low on the horizon when 19-year-old Piper James walked toward the Pacific Ocean for a morning swim on an island whose name in the local language means “paradise.” Within two hours, ...