Across the world’s continental shelves, archaeologists are racing a rising tide of development and climate change to map and ...

Could a 209-foot-long Boeing 777 really vanish without a trace? Nearly twelve years after the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 with 239 people on board, the question still haunts ...

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 ...

A new study has concluded that the collapse of a "prominent and powerful" ocean current would have serious impacts on Europe. This marks the first time researchers have tested multiple climate ...

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 ...

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 – ...

A person drowned after being swept out into the ocean near Lincoln City Sunday. North Lincoln Fire and Rescue said they responded around 3:40 p.m. to reports of a person being pulled out in the ...

Quahog clams provide evidence that critical North Atlantic Ocean currents may be approaching a “tipping point,” researchers said. Mehdi Benkaci Unsplash Just as tree rings can tell us how old a tree ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

Could geoengineering save coastal communities from rising sea levels? Researchers warn one proposal gaining steam could leave them worse off than they were to begin with. The 10 warmest years on ...

An analysis of clam shells suggests the North Atlantic subpolar gyre has had two periods of destabilization over the past 150 years: one around 1920 and the other from 1950 through present. When you ...

Humberto is beginning to peter out but remains a cause for concern out over the Atlantic. The Miami-based National Hurricane Center said Tuesday that the storm was "likely to cause dangerous surf and ...