The ocean is essentially our planet's climate control system, a massive engine that never stops working. For thousands of ...

"All weather and climate are regulated by the ocean. This mission will give us another tool we need to achieve real ...

S omething may be stirring in the world’s largest oceanic current. New research suggests that this vast conveyor belt of cold ...

A key ocean current in the North Atlantic Ocean is weakening to the point of total collapse due to climate change, a new study warns. Scientists say the North Atlantic Subpolar Gyre – a massive system ...

An analysis of clam shells suggests the North Atlantic subpolar gyre has had two periods of destabilization over the past 150 years: one around 1920 and the other from 1950 through present.

The Pacific Ocean along the equator is where a phenomenon called La Niña develops. La Niña is the “cool sister” to El Niño.

The Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States: For this region, a weak La Niña can be very unpredictable. Sometimes the jet stream’s ...

In the shadowy depths of the ocean lives a ribbon-like giant crowned with a fiery red crest — long mistaken for a sea monster ...

Why meteorologists are so concerned about Tropical Storm Melissa when it becomes a hurricane near Jamaica, Haiti, the Cayman ...