Scientists use satellite data to find ocean zones where trash naturally gathers for easier, faster, and cleaner clean-up.

The world’s oceans are changing in ways we can't ignore. New research suggests that Antarctic ice melt is slowing the ...

Experts have been working on mapping the ocean floor with traditional methods, sending ships across the water with sonar ...

The Greenland ice sheet makes up 80 percent of the world’s largest island. And, it’s melting thanks to human-caused climate ...

Until now, only about a quarter of the seafloor has been mapped using ships with special sonar equipment. The rest has ...

The influx of cold meltwater could slow the Antarctic Circumpolar Current by up to 20% by 2050, researchers reported March 3 ...

Scientists have warned that Earth's strongest ocean current is slowing down due to climate change, with potentially disastrous consequences. The Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) transports ...

The Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), the strongest ocean current on Earth, is rapidly weakening due to the accelerating ...

Until now, a global evaluation of ocean current energy with actual data was lacking. Using 30 years of NOAA's Global Drifter Program data, a study shows that ocean currents off Florida's East Coast ...

A mesmerizing new visualization of ocean currents from NASA has been compared to the Starry Night painting of Van Gogh.

Antarctica's remote and mysterious current has a profound influence on the climate, food systems and Antarctic ecosystems. Can we stop it weakening by 2050?

Melting ice sheets are slowing the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), the world's strongest ocean current, researchers have found. This melting has implications for global climate indicators ...