Our planet is unique for its ability to sustain abundant life. From studies of the rock record, scientists believe life had already emerged on Earth at least 3.5 billion years ago and probably much ...

Each year, vast blooms of phytoplankton spread across the Southern Ocean, drawing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and ...

During the last ice age, the Atlantic Ocean’s powerful current system remained active and continued to transport warm, salty water from the tropics to the North Atlantic despite extensive ice cover ...

A four-year record from the heart of the Ross Ice Shelf shows how subtle changes could shape future sea level rise, ocean ...

During the last ice age, the Atlantic Ocean's powerful current system remained active and continued to transport warm, salty ...

The town of Kuroshio in Japan is named after the swift ocean current that flows nearby. The Kuro­shio (Black Stream) stretches as wide as a megacity and carries more water than the Amazon river.

(CNN) — Iceland’s relatively mild climate is shaped by a crucial network of currents that winds its away around the Atlantic Ocean transporting heat northward — without it, the island would be much ...

Iceland declares threat to Atlantic Ocean current a national security risk Scientists warn current collapse could trigger modern-day ice age for Northern Europe Researchers working to understand how, ...

A subpolar gyre is a large-scale ocean current system located at high latitudes created by a persistent region of low atmospheric pressure. These gyres circulate water in a cyclonic direction – ...

A person drowned after being swept out into the ocean near Lincoln City Sunday. North Lincoln Fire and Rescue said they responded around 3:40 p.m. to reports of a person being pulled out in the ...

Scientists studying clam and cockle shells have found signs that the currents in the Atlantic Ocean may be approaching a “tipping point”, which could have significant consequences for climate patterns ...