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 ...

It stretches nearly 480 kilometres in width. Scientists estimate that millions of cubic metres of water fall downward every second. Its flow rate is several times greater than that of the largest ...

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.

Discover how rising temperatures and altered global wind patterns are causing more freshwater to move through the Southern ...

Deep beneath the ocean between Greenland and Iceland, a vast cascade of cold water plunges silently for thousands of feet.

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

Forget Angel Falls; the world's largest waterfall is an invisible underwater giant. The Denmark Strait cataract, between Greenland and Iceland, plunges 3,500 meters, dwarfing land-based falls. This ...

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

Scientists have detected a major drop in salinity in one of the world’s saltiest ocean regions. The change could affect monsoons, marine life and global climate systems, raising new concerns about the ...

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During the last ice age, the Atlantic Ocean's powerful current system remained active and continued to transport warm, salty water from the tropics to the North Atlantic despite extensive ice cover ...