Biogeographical regions of marine organisms, i.e., their distribution across different habitats, often overlap well with the ...

In the mid-20th century, when people looked at a map of the world, they saw the familiar continents surrounded by vast, ...

An AMOC collapse would usher in global weather and climate shifts — including plunging temperatures in Europe, which relies on the current system for its mild conditions.

Though the oceans go through natural cycles of heating and cooling, they’re now occurring on top of a profoundly altered world, creating conditions that humanity has never witnessed before.

The nearly 170,000 square miles of ocean around Ascension Island, one of the world’s most pristine and biodiverse ocean ecosystems, will soon be officially protected. From the surface, Ascension ...

A map of the ocean currents in the Atlantic. (Image credit: Peter Hermes Furian via Shutterstock) Other regions would feel the effects, too, the scientists said.

The vast stretch of ocean between the Americas and Europe may be about to close soon—on a geological timescale. Just before the continents begin to drift back together, an "Atlantic ring of fire ...