Europe is warmed by heat from ocean currents, which move water from the warm tropics to the colder North Atlantic. Once the warm, salty waters from the tropics reach the polar region, they cool enough ...

Global sea ice cover fell to a historic low in February when the world continued to experience exceptional heat and ...

The Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), the most powerful ocean current in the world, is slowing down due to ice melt. This ...

The Trump administration may end leases for some of NOAA's offices while the agency terminates several advisory committees at ...

The Antarctic Circumpolar Current is involved in everything from storing carbon to guarding Antarctica from invasive marine ...

Scientists warn of the terrifying future of Earth's strongest ocean current slowing down due to climate change and . The ...

The current account deficit represents a fiat currency imbalance between the imports and exports of a country. It happens whenever the dollar value of tangible consumer goods purchased by a ...

Inside our fall/winter issue you'll find a trio of inspiring conservation stories from California's eastern Sierra region, where UC Santa Barbara has a natural reserve — and a huge research presence.

Names associated with the ocean (or water in general) hold a special place in my heart. One of my friends who lives with his family out in California lives near the ocean, and all of them have names ...

The potentially catastrophic slowdown of a critical ocean current due to climate change may have one upside: it could help prop up the Amazon rainforest in the face of rising temperatures.

has built a 3D model of the world's oceans and their currents to learn more about the depths that ocean acidification ... Scientists around the world rely on ocean monitoring tools to measure the ...

The Atlantic Ocean, which spans over 40 million square miles, has an enormous current system that circulates the ocean's waters. The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC, is known as ...