The ocean is essentially our planet's climate control system, a massive engine that never stops working. For thousands of years, this intricate network of currents has maintained Earth's weather ...

The Ocean's Global Heat Distribution System One of the most important functions of the ocean is to move heat around the ...

For centuries, scientists have known that oceans move and swirl, shifting water across the planet. But recent breakthroughs are revealing that some of the smallest currents are surprisingly powerful ...

A new study analyzing chemical traces in the growth rings of clam shells reinforces growing concerns about the stability of a key North Atlantic Ocean current that helps keep the global climate ...

Fresh water from melting Antarctic ice is projected to weaken the world’s most powerful ocean current by 20 percent in the next quarter century, an international team of scientists concluded in a ...

Taimoor Sohail receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Bishakhdatta Gayen receives funding from Australian Research Council (ARC). He works at University of Melbourne as ARC Future ...

Oceans absorb more than 90% of excess heat caused by human-driven climate change, shape global weather patterns, and support ...

A potential collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation could trigger a modern-day ice age, with winter ...