A study published today in the journal Science Advances, suggests global ocean circulation has accelerated during the past two decades. The research team found that oceanic kinetic energy shows a ...

The ocean’s lung is gasping and its heart is skipping beats.” That is how researchers describe the transformation of the Labrador Sea between 2017 and 2025 a change so abrupt it has taken climate ...

Scientists have long known about the anomalous "warming hole" in the North Atlantic Ocean, an area immune to warming of Earth's oceans. This cool zone in the North Atlantic Ocean appears to be ...

In this week’s Sunday Science Tidbit, let’s explore global circulation patterns. Thanks to the fact the Earth has water and land, spins around, and is tilted 23.5°, forces like the Corilolis force ...

WASHINGTON -- Global warming is likely slowing the main Atlantic Ocean circulation, which has plunged to its weakest level on record, according to a new study. The slowdown in the circulation -- a ...

The Ocean's Steady Breath The trade winds are permanent east-to-west prevailing winds that flow in Earth's equatorial region, ...

Scientists have determined that the influx of fresh water from the Greenland ice sheet is 'freshening' the North Atlantic Ocean and could disrupt the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, an ...