A cold blob of water in the North Atlantic is an ominous sign that a system of currents that regulate the planet's climate ...

In the movie “The Day After Tomorrow,” the Atlantic Ocean’s main current system is disrupted and sets off a chain of disastrous events from monster storms to an Ice Age across the northern ...

Small things matter, at least when it comes to ocean features like waves and eddies. A recent NASA-led analysis using data ...

After sifting through ocean current data dating back three decades, researchers at the Florida Atlantic University (FAU) have identified ideal locations for generating renewable energy.

Oceans hold onto this heat for longer than the land does and ocean currents move this heat around. In total, ocean currents transfer about 25 per cent of the global heat budget. Ocean currents are ...

The Southern Ocean, which circles the globe without being blocked by land, is home to the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), the longest of the world's ocean currents. Also known as the "channel ...