A groundbreaking study in the journal Science, has unveiled how deep ocean currents—known as global overturning ...

Rising temperatures in the North Atlantic are slowing vital currents, but a new process in the Arctic could save the day, scientists say.

Up,” F. Scott Fitzgerald declared, people “thought of their old best dreams. Maybe there was a way out by flying, maybe our ...

Researchers have uncovered that both ocean currents and atmospheric changes contribute equally to a cold patch in the North Atlantic. While global temperatures continue to rise, one area in the ...

Nanoplastics—particles smaller than a human hair—can pass through cell walls and enter the food web. New research suggest 27 ...

By bne IntelliNews A patch of the Atlantic Ocean just south of Greenland is cooling while much of the world warms, and ...

Oceans comprise about 96.5% of the water-covered surface (71%) of the Earth. Surprisingly, the salinity of these huge bodies ...

A new invited commentary by Ke Chen, associate scientist in the Physical Oceanography department at Woods Hole Oceanographic ...

We present a methodology to derive sea ice type classification maps in the Atlantic sector of the Arctic Ocean for the autumn through spring seasons, from 1991 to present. We use datasets from four ...

Ocean islands modify surface winds on the leeside. Such an island wake generally dissipates quickly and lasts only a few hundred kilometres downwind. Using new satellite data, we detect a wake ...

During Lent, shark meat demand spikes in Guatemala. But where does it come from, and what species are we eating? This study ...