The world's oceans may appear calm from space, but beneath the surface, an intricate web of fast-moving currents drives Earth ...

Scientists have long debated whether the AMOC is nearing collapse, but the latest findings are certainly alarming.

While scientists have long studied currents of large eddies, the smaller ones -- called submesoscale eddies -- are notoriously difficult to detect. These currents, which range from several kilometers ...

The collapse of one of Earth's most important ocean currents may already be locked in, according to an ominous new study.

Historically, the ocean has been difficult to model. Scientists struggled in years past to simulate ocean currents or accurately predict fluctuations in temperature, salinity, and other properties. As ...

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 ...

A patch of the Atlantic Ocean just south of Greenland is cooling while much of the world warms. The origin of this "cold blob" has been linked to weakening ocean currents that help regulate global ...

The dynamics of equatorial ocean currents are governed by the interplay of wind forcing, the Earth’s rotation and basin geometry, giving rise to distinct eastward and westward jets, wave motions and ...

A subpolar gyre is a large-scale ocean current system located at high latitudes created by a persistent region of low atmospheric pressure. These gyres circulate water in a cyclonic direction – ...

The Pacific Ocean hosts a complex network of currents that redistribute heat, nutrients and biogeochemical tracers on seasonal to multi-decadal timescales. Prominent features include the North ...