New research reveals how ocean warming triggered the large-scale retreat of the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream ...

In recent years, a major ocean current changed its path in two crucial ways. Now parts of the sea are rising, other parts are falling, ocean temperatures are breaking records — and Japan’s iconic ...

There's an underwater conveyor belt flowing through the Atlantic that keeps Europe warm and regulates climate across the globe. Yet this enormous system might be heading toward a breaking point. The ...

Scientists fear warming is driving a collapse in the ocean currents that shape climate far and wide. The ice-choked waters ...

How can open ocean currents generate energy? Ocean currents contain kinetic energy that can be converted to electrical power using turbines. This is similar to offshore wind farms, or wind turbines ...

As climate change and growing electricity demand spark the search for new renewable energy, researchers have been recently ...

And it’s truly black.” A hidden artery running through East Asia, the Kuro­shio has shaped life along its path for millennia.

The world’s largest and most powerful ocean current may grow even stronger as the planet warms, scientists say. And that could make Antarctica’s ice melt even faster. In fact, there’s evidence that’s ...

A key current in the wider Atlantic Ocean current system has remained “remarkably stable” over the past four decades, a new analysis suggests. Published in Nature Communications, the study is the ...

A new study published this month has highlighted the growing dangers of changes in ocean currents. According to this new research, weaker circulation in the ocean currents could actually enhance the ...

FILE PHOTO: People look out to the Atlantic ocean from Slea Had in Ventry COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - More than 40 climate scientists are urging Nordic ministers to prevent global warming from causing a ...

Satellites offer a frequent overview of our entire planet – covered mostly by water – and provide valuable data to monitor and understand global ocean circulation. Understanding water currents at the ...