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 ...

Fast-flowing jetstream air currents have shifted further southwards, dragging rain-bearing weather away from Australia.

A study has found that salinity levels in parts of the southern Indian Ocean have declined by nearly 30% over the past 60 years.

Rainfall is often treated as a gift of geography — a function of latitude, oceans, and atmospheric circulation. A growing body of research suggests that in the tropics, it is also a product of ...

When researchers set out to measure tiny plastic fragments in Arctic waters, they expected to find pollution that had drifted thousands of miles from populated coastlines. What they discovered instead ...

A look at what we know and don't yet know about how climate change could affect the paths of these storms — and the all-important question of how often they'll make landfall.

New research from the University of Copenhagen suggests that volcanic eruptions during the Ice Age may have triggered sudden climate change by disrupting the Atlantic Meridional Overturning ...

Scientists are tracking if the Florida Current is slowing down, consequences of which could be disastrous globally, changing rain patterns in Africa and Southeast Asia, spreading disease to new popula ...

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 ...

As the wake of this remarkable voyage settles, the scientific community looks to the future — one where understanding the Florida Current’s secrets could guide humankind's response to the ...