New research provides alarming evidence this ocean circulation is slowing and could be heading toward a shutdown, which would ...

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is a large-scale and delicate system of ocean currents, responsible ...

Offshore wind farms are changing sediment flow and carbon storage in the North Sea, with major impacts in the German Bight.

A major Atlantic Ocean current system that helps regulate Earth’s climate has been slowing for nearly two decades across a wide stretch of ocean, according to new research—potentially reshaping ...

More bad news for the ocean current at the center of the fictional (and scientifically inaccurate) "Day After Tomorrow" ...

Ocean surface currents are a fundamental component of the global climate system, governing the transport of heat, nutrients and pollutants, as well as influencing marine ecosystems and weather ...

A 15-year-old built a $12 device that turns ocean currents into power. Discover how this recycled invention could light up ...

Ocean currents driven by wind, water density, tides, ocean floor features, or the Coriolis effect, have an important role on climate regulation and marine ecology. In turn, increasing water surface ...

The ocean is essentially our planet's climate control system, a massive engine that never stops working. For thousands of years, this intricate network of currents has maintained Earth's weather ...

Measurements by buoys at four latitudes in the western Atlantic provide the strongest evidence yet that the Atlantic ...

A subpolar gyre is a large-scale ocean current system located at high latitudes created by a persistent region of low atmospheric pressure. These gyres circulate water in a cyclonic direction – ...