Scientists use satellite data to find ocean zones where trash naturally gathers for easier, faster, and cleaner clean-up.

Around 14,500 years ago, toward the end of the last ice age, melting continental ice sheets drove a sudden and cataclysmic ...

Boundary currents in the ocean impact our climate on a wide range of scales. The Gulf Stream, for example, being one of the prominent western boundary ...

After sifting through ocean current data dating back three decades, researchers at the Florida Atlantic University (FAU) have ...

Until now, only about a quarter of the seafloor has been mapped using ships with special sonar equipment. The rest has ...

Dozens of companies and academic groups are pitching the same theory: that sinking rocks, nutrients, crop waste or seaweed in ...

Seismic readings of the interior of Mars strongly suggest large quantities of water buried 6 to 12 miles underground.

A sequel to the popular first version from 2011, the new visualization now shows currents not just at the water's surface.

Scientists warned on Thursday that the long-term health of Inuit hunters in eastern Greenland was under threat, due to so-called "forever chemicals" in the atmosphere and their diet of polar bear ...

Historically, the ocean has been difficult to model. Scientists struggled in years past to simulate ocean currents or accurately predict fluctuations in temperature, salinity, and other properties. As ...

The world's strongest ocean current could slow as melting Antarctic ice sheets flood it with fresh water, according to research published on Monday that warned of "severe" climate consequences.

Flowing clockwise around Antarctica, the Antarctic Circumpolar Current is the strongest ocean current on the planet. It's five times stronger than the Gulf Stream and more than 100 times stronger than ...