Researchers measuring the salinity of the Southern Ocean did find unexpected results, but some online reports got the details ...

A report from a European news wire agency on the reversal of an important ocean current has sparked alarm online.

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 ...

A groundbreaking study in the journal Science, has unveiled how deep ocean currents—known as global overturning ...

A “conveyor belt” of whale urine moves vital nutrients across vast distances, serving a key role in ecosystems, according to a new study.

Given its key role in regulating the global climate, any change to the world's ocean 'conveyor belt' is likely to have major consequences.

As part of the global ocean conveyor belt, these large masses of seawater transfer substantial amounts of heat and carbon northward into the interiors of the Indian and Pacific oceans.

A “conveyor belt” of whale urine moves vital nutrients across vast distances, serving a key role in ecosystems, according to a new study.

A “conveyor belt” of whale urine moves vital nutrients across vast distances, serving a key role in ecosystems, according to a new study.