An analysis of clam shells suggests the North Atlantic subpolar gyre has had two periods of destabilization over the past 150 ...

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 ...

In this first glimpse of the "Sea Camp" series from NPR's Short Wave podcast, hear how climate change will significantly shift three-quarters of the ocean's surface currents by the end of the century.

A bird surrounded by debris from the ocean on the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Credit: Matthew Chauvin Between Hawaii and California, trash swirls in giant ocean currents, caught up in the infamous, ...

A warming climate doesn't just affect dry land — it affects the ocean, too. For many years, Earth's ocean has acted as a heat sink for climate change: A large part of the heat generated by human use ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A sprawling, slow-moving system of ocean currents circulating in the Atlantic that help regulate the earth’s temperature is set to deliver a blob of warmer, ...

A groundbreaking study in the journal Science, has unveiled how deep ocean currents—known as global overturning circulation—play a pivotal role in shaping the diversity and function of microbial life ...

An alternative to dredging aims to capture moving sand to protect the archipelago from erosion and rising seas. In satellite images, the 20-odd coral atolls of the Maldives look something like ...

The National Weather Service is forecasting a slow-moving storm system could bring an elevated risk of rip currents to South Carolina's beaches this Independence Day weekend. The Post and Courier’s ...