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 ...

Han’s team estimates that the area covered by salty seawater in this Southern Indian Ocean region has shrunk by about 30% over the past 60 years. They describe it as the fastest freshening seen ...

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

Scientists say the collapse of AMOC could plunge Iceland into extreme winter temperatures.

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

As of Wednesday afternoon, both primary global forecast models (GFS and ECMWF) were keeping this storm far enough offshore ...

There's a reason we've had a "conveyor belt" of storms and bad weather conditions.