The ocean is essentially our planet's climate control system, a massive engine that never stops working. For thousands of ...

For centuries, scientists have known that oceans move and swirl, shifting water across the planet. But recent breakthroughs are revealing that some of the smallest currents are surprisingly powerful ...

The research is another sign that climate heating caused mainly by fossil fuel pollution is pushing the climate toward ...

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) regulates the large-scale circulation of the Atlantic Ocean and influences the global climate, but a recent report from researchers at Utrecht ...

The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite is allowing researchers to directly observe small-scale ocean processes across the globe for the first time. An eddy is like a mini whirlpool in ...

An abrupt rise in global sea level last year has raised concerns. The increase was more than what scientists had been expecting, a NASA-led analysis revealed. A higher-than-usual amount of ocean ...

The "blob" south of Greenland has cooled over the last century, despite warming surface temperatures across the rest of the planet. NASA Just south of Greenland, in the northern Atlantic Ocean, a ...

A Southern California coastal area long prone to landslides continues to inch toward the ocean at a rising speed posing danger to human life and infrastructure, a new NASA report shows. The Palos ...