The Mozambique Channel, between Mozambique and Madagascar, is home to some of the most turbulent waters in the ocean.

During a voyage off the east coast of Africa, researchers collected detailed measurements of massive swirling currents that ...

As global electricity use grows, the strain on traditional energy sources increases. Renewable options like wind and solar ...

A new study analyzed nearly four decades of deep ocean observations to reveal significant cooling and freshening of deep ...

The Saya de Malha Bank is one of the world’s largest seagrass fields and the planet’s most important carbon sinks. It faces incalculable risks that threaten the future of humanity.

The 12,000-ton Chinese coast guard ship CCG-2901 is one of the two largest maritime law enforcement ships in the world.

A harmful algal bloom of Karenia mikimotoi made dozens of surfers sick and killed seadragons, fish and octopuses on two South ...

Boundary currents in the ocean impact our climate on a wide range of scales. The Gulf Stream, for example, being one of the prominent western boundary ...

On the Great Barrier Reef, bleaching is underway in the northernmost section. This is the sixth bleaching event on the Great ...

Melting Antarctic Ice Sheets Will Slow Earth's Strongest Ocean Current Mar. 3, 2025 — Melting ice sheets are slowing the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), the world's strongest ocean current ...

Ocean currents swirl, surge, and shift across vast blue territories. Once clean and free, they now carry drifting human waste – on its way to find a settling place. One of these destinations is the ...

Widespread ocean pollution threatens the health of more than 3 billion people, international study led by Boston College researchers shows Ocean pollution is widespread and getting worse, and when ...