Life in the ocean runs on light. It fuels photosynthesis, shapes food webs and determines where many marine species can live.

The last ice age did not shut down Atlantic ocean currents, and that discovery may help explain future climate risks.

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

The town of Kuroshio in Japan is named after the swift ocean current that flows nearby. The Kuro­shio (Black Stream) stretches as wide as a megacity and carries more water than the Amazon river.

Two recent events involving coastal currents raise the question of which way the nearshore waters flow along the Central Coast. One of these was the tragic death of a swimmer at Lover’s Point in ...

Climate change is warming Europe, but scientists are also studying whether a weakened Atlantic current could make Britain colder, with Laurie Laybourne, director of the Strategic Climate Risks ...

OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (WLOX) - A former student was arrested Thursday after threatening a current Ocean Springs High student with a weapon on campus, the school district says. According to the Jackson ...

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 ...

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 ...

Iceland declares threat to Atlantic Ocean current a national security risk Scientists warn current collapse could trigger modern-day ice age for Northern Europe Researchers working to understand how, ...

Iceland has designated the potential collapse of a major Atlantic Ocean current system a national security concern and an existential threat, the country's climate minister told Reuters. Vanesse Chan ...