A colossal ocean current encircling Antarctica—stronger than all the world’s rivers combined—played a far more complex role in shaping Earth’s climate than scientists once thought. New research shows ...

It transports far more than 100 times as much water as all of the Earth's rivers combined: The Antarctic Circumpolar Current ...

A vast ocean current encircling Antarctica—more powerful than all the world’s rivers combined—played a surprisingly complex role in shaping Earth’s climate.

(Alfred Wegener Institute/Hanna Knahl, Patrick Scholz) New simulations show that the world's strongest ocean current didn't ...

The mantis shrimp was named after its resemblance to both a praying mantis and a shrimp. But instead of being a poor ...

In a shift that is reshaping entire ecosystems, the open oceans are letting less light in. We don't fully understand the consequences yet, but there is still hope, says oceanographer Tim Smyth ...

Climate change is altering ocean food at its source, reducing protein in phytoplankton and impacting marine life across the food chain.

, April 12 -- The Strait of Hormuz has been drawing global attention due to rising tensions that have disrupted shipping along one of the world's most important oil routes. This narrow waterway ...

Plastic pollution is a global problem. It damages ecosystems, endangers animals, and in the form of nanoplastic particles, ...

Caltech researchers have identified geological features on Mars that could point to the existence of a long-dried ocean that ...

There are increasing indications that an El Niño is not only imminent — setting in by late summer or early fall — but that it ...

The marine heat wave of 2026 is simmering the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California, and experts are warning that it ...