The failure of the Gulf of Panama’s seasonal upwelling system has left scientists wondering what happens next.

Scientists have developed a new method to measure ocean surface currents over large areas in greater detail than ever before. Called GOFLOW (Geostationary Ocean Flow), the approach applies deep ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A recent study reveals our warming world is triggering shifts in winds and ocean currents, which is likely contributing to an ...

A new study has revealed significant acceleration in the upper-ocean circulation of the equatorial Pacific over the past 30 years. This acceleration is primarily driven by intensified atmospheric ...

Long before the advent of GPS, magnetic compasses, or precise nautical maps, Polynesian navigators traversed some of the ...

Human-induced climate change is causing shifts in the world's largest ocean current and westerly wind systems also seen during periods of ice age and warmer intervals in Earth's history, researchers ...

Fresh water from melting Antarctic ice is projected to weaken the world’s most powerful ocean current by 20 percent in the next quarter century, an international team of scientists concluded in a ...

Between Hawaii and California, trash swirls in giant ocean currents, caught up in the infamous, Texas-sized Great Pacific Garbage Patch. This is just one of many found across the globe. Efforts to ...

To the casual observer, the look and feel of shipping containers suggests a world of smooth, lossless transportation, almost immaterial in its implementation of a logistical ideal. However, the system ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists have spotted something dramatically unusual in the ocean, and it could be a warning sign of things to come. Warm air ...