A conveyor belt of ocean water that loops the planet and regulates global temperatures could be heading for a tipping point.

Researchers used satellite data to calculate and simulate the sea level in a canyon, getting a glimpse of a huge ocean.

New research shows ancient tropical oceans once held more oxygen than cooler regions, reshaping where early life could ...

Each year, vast blooms of phytoplankton spread across the Southern Ocean, drawing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and ...

Melting ice sheets open up land and sea that were previously inaccessible, presenting new — albeit dangerous — opportunities.

Four-year record of ocean processes beneath the Ross Ice Shelf suggests water quality varies throughout the year within the ...

From the frozen tundra to America's tropical south, the states with the most islands in their waters tend to have long ...

As human activities have released greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, trapping excess heat and warming the planet, the ocean has absorbed more than 90% of that excess heat since the 1970s. The ocean ...

New research reveals how ocean warming triggered the large-scale retreat of the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream (NEGIS)—offering vital clues for understanding its modern-day vulnerability. NEGIS is the ...

Google Maps leads the navigation app market, but if you've faced traffic jams while it promised to save time, or lost signal when you needed directions, you know it's not for everyone. Maybe you need ...

Iceland’s relatively mild climate is shaped by a crucial network of currents that winds its away around the Atlantic Ocean transporting heat northward — without it, the island would be much icier and ...