Ocean currents are critical to life on Earth. These continuous flows of seawater both regulate the global climate and propel nutrients and organisms across the oceans. On the surface, ocean ...

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

A warming climate doesn't just affect dry land — it affects the ocean, too. For years, Earth's ocean has acted as a heat sink ...

A newly-deployed satellite has created the most-detailed map yet of the ocean floor, finding hundreds of hills and underwater volcanoes that were previously missed.

In this first glimpse of the "Sea Camp" series from NPR's Short Wave podcast, hear how climate change will significantly ...

In two recent studies, researchers suggest a weakening ocean current system is to blame for a persistent cold spot in the ...

A newly-deployed satellite has created the most-detailed map yet of the ocean floor, finding hundreds of hills and underwater volcanoes that were previously missed.

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 ...

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

Learn how ocean currents and warm-core eddies drive big-game sport fisheries worldwide. Discover how real-time satellite data, bathymetric features, and boundary currents shape ideal conditions for ...

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 ...

NASA's $1.2 billion Surface Water and Ocean Topography satellite (SWOT) successfully launched from California on December 16, marking the start of an unprecedented mission to map Earth's water bodies.