Ocean eddies are huge loops of swirling current, sometimes hundreds of kilometers across and reaching down over 1,000 meters. They're so large you can see them on satellite images. These powerful ...

Blue colors show increased westward currents; red colors show increased eastward currents. The largest trends are observed in the central tropical Pacific Ocean (black box). Current velocity data from ...

Meteorologists in California, North Carolina and Florida issued advisories early Thursday morning warning beachgoers that entering the ocean could pose risks because of longshore currents and rip ...

Forty-four of the world's leading climate scientists have called on Nordic policymakers to address the potentially imminent and "devastating" collapse of key Atlantic Ocean currents. The currents ...

with ocean currents influencing their frequency. While marine heatwaves (MHWs) have been studied at the sea surface for more than a decade, new research published today in Nature has found 80 per ...

causing knock-on effects such as thermal expansion - which leads to a rise in sea level - and changes in ocean currents. The melting of ice both on land and in the sea also affects the ocean, causing ...

Data suggests major change is coming to the Atlantic Ocean, and it's not good. © John Christian Fjellestad via Flickr The collapse of one of the world’s most ...

Earth is a dynamic planet, constantly undergoing change driven by internal and external forces. Currents of magma within our planet move the plates that form the continental crust in a constant ...

A collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, a system of ocean currents that transports warm water into the North Atlantic and provides Europe its mild climate, could put living ...

man, and one injured after being swept into the ocean by strong currents this week at Ke Iki ... “They were on the shore either watching or taking photos,” she said. “They were not swimming.” ...

Look up! Meteor showers and the Full Beaver Moon to shine bright ...