The findings create a murky outlook for the future. Scientists issue urgent warning about mysterious 'cold blob' in the ocean ...

Melting Antarctic ice is slowing Earth's strongest ocean current, according to a new study. The influx of cold meltwater ...

The influx of cold meltwater could slow the Antarctic Circumpolar Current by up to 20% by 2050, researchers reported March 3 ...

A mesmerizing new visualization of ocean currents from NASA has been compared to the Starry Night painting of Van Gogh.

Researchers identified a strong negative North Atlantic Oscillation in 2009–2010 as the tipping point that pushed sargassum ...

The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt has puzzled researchers since 2011. A recent study published in Nature Communications may have identified what drove a tipping point that established the phenomenon ...

The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt has puzzled researchers since 2011. A new model demonstrates that the alga was brought to the tropics by strong currents, and thrived in ideal growing conditions.

A sequel to the popular first version from 2011, the new visualization now shows currents not just at the water's surface.

At some point, melting ice in the North Atlantic—caused by increased global warming—will cause so much freshwater to be ...

The increasingly broad application of the phrase "tipping point" across biogeophysical and social phenomena muddles its ...

On decadal timescales, the loss of Arctic ice favors the climate of the south-west of the United States -- and California in particular -- becoming drier on average, especially in winter. This ...

New research reveals that Arctic sea ice loss can disrupt weather worldwide, making California drier while increasing winter ...