From Miami to Maine, the East Coast is under moderate or high rip current risk advisories because of Hurricane Erin ...

Ocean currents determine the structure of the deep-sea ocean floor and the transport of sediments, organic carbon, nutrients and pollutants. In flume-tank experiments, researchers have simulated ...

You might think only massive ocean currents like the Gulf Stream affect global weather. But swirling mini-currents, known as submesoscale eddies, play a crucial hidden role.

The Earth's atmosphere and its oceans constantly affect one another; it's a feedback loop that influences wind and weather patterns, ocean currents, and more. But what happens when the atmosphere ...

A warming climate doesn't just affect dry land — it affects the ocean, too. For years, Earth's ocean has acted as a heat sink for climate change: A large part of the heat generated by human use ...