A former Major League Baseball player died Sunday while trying to save swimmers from a rip tide off the coast of South Carolina, authorities said.

A major ocean current in the Southern Hemisphere has reversed direction for the first time in recorded history, in what ...

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

From more frequent wildfires to rising sea levels, climate change is disrupting ecosystems and upending once-stable weather patterns. One particularly alarming consequence of rising global ...

Something’s stirring in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) – and a strange “hole” of cold water in the North Atlantic may provide new clues about what’s up. But is the system on ...

Learn how ocean currents and warm-core eddies drive big-game sport fisheries worldwide. Discover how real-time satellite data, bathymetric features, and boundary currents shape ideal conditions for ...

Major ocean currents can carry baby corals to temperate seas. If new coral reefs form there as the waters warm, these areas might act as refuges for tropical corals, reducing the corals’ risk of ...

Researchers created a detailed physical model that suggests a major Atlantic Ocean current will weaken far less under climate change than indicated by more extreme climate model projections.

Rip currents are leading weather-related killers in Coastal Carolinas with 192 deaths from 2000 to 2024. Learn how to stay safe during Rip Current Awareness Week.

A new study gives alarming glimpse into the future, as some scientists warn these currents could be just decades from collapse.

One of the ocean currents in the Arctic Ocean is at risk of disappearing this century because of climate change, according to a new study. As a result, the North Atlantic could be flooded with ...