A warm blob of water in the North Atlantic is an ominous sign that a system of currents that regulate the planet's climate could be weakening.

BEIJING -- A group of Chinese scientists have jointly developed a global ocean circulation model with a horizontal resolution ...

An international team of scientists has moved beyond just 'scratching the surface,' to understand how microplastics move through and impact the global ocean. For the first time, scientists have mapped ...

Smaller, submesoscale surface features can, however, generate vertical currents ... of ocean dynamics on shorter timescales will still depend on interpolated 2D global SSH maps.

Earth's oceans may seem like an expanse of the same water to us, but try telling that to a sea turtle or a whale shark.

Heriot-Watt scientists have discovered giant underwater mud waves buried deep below the Atlantic Ocean, 400 kilometers off ...

New high-resolution satellite map reveals nearly 100,000 unknown ocean mountains, or seamounts, boosting climate and maritime ...

Marine plastic pollution is a global crisis, with 9 to 14 million metric tons of plastic entering the ocean every year. Tiny ...

Researchers have released their 2024 U.S. sea level 'report cards,' providing updated analyses of sea level trends and projections for 36 coastal communities. Encompassing 55 years of historical data ...

Current global ... could affect warming to 2100. The SSP1 Sustainability pathway, also known as ‘Taking the Green Road’, describes a world that shifts towards sustainable, climate-friendly ...