Researchers measuring the salinity of the Southern Ocean did find unexpected results, but some online reports got the details ...

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

An ocean current is any more or less permanent or continuous, directed movement of ocean water that flows in one of the Earth's oceans. The currents are generated from the forces acting upon the ...

A report from a European news wire agency on the reversal of an important ocean current has sparked alarm online.

Look also for a day with a sea breeze. By evening, the water may be just comfortable enough for a swim. New England beach season: What to know about rip currents, cold ocean temperatures ...

In the Florida Keys, a marine heat wave has pushed ocean temperatures to record-breaking, “hot tub” levels, leaving multiple coral reefs now completely bleached or dead.

However, there are areas where ocean heat content is greater, or where the warm water extends beyond the surface and deeper down, like in the Gulf Stream and Loop Current.

Melting sea ice in the Arctic is messing with the way the ocean currents behave. The melting sea ice adds fresh water to the ocean surface and reduces the amount of salt in the water.

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

Water temperatures at beaches across Rhode Island The water temperature at Narraganset Town Beach was a cool 66 degrees on July 3., according to Surfline.

Biogeographical regions of marine organisms, i.e., their distribution across different habitats, often overlap well with the major global ocean currents. The geological age of the currents plays a ...