The oceans are mostly composed of warm salty water near the surface over cold, less salty water in the ocean depths. These ...

Researchers have taken a close look at the global ocean's great "conveyor belt," and they don't like what they've found. The Antarctic Circumpolar Current, a clockwise current that helps to regulate ...

Climate change is rapidly freshening one of Earth’s saltiest ocean regions in the Southern Indian Ocean, potentially disrupting circulation.

Beneath Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf lies one of the least measured oceans on Earth—a vast, dark cavity roughly twice the volume of the North Sea. The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) ...

A conveyor belt of ocean water that loops the planet and regulates global temperatures could be heading for a tipping point.

The world is warming and most people notice it on extremely hot days or when they have to pay the electricity bill in summer. However scientists have stated ...

(Mass Appeal) – Oceans play a vital role in our ecosystem and all of Earth’s oceans are interconnected through what is known as the global ocean conveyor belt. Here to show us an experiment you can do ...

It turns out, whale pee is nothing to pooh-pooh. The marine giants’ urine serves a vital role in ecosystems by moving tons of nutrients across vast ocean distances, according to new research.