The oceans — vast, ancient, and seemingly eternal — are shifting faster than scientists once believed possible. Temperatures ...

The ocean is essentially our planet's climate control system, a massive engine that never stops working. For thousands of ...

The Southern Ocean can release stored heat during cooling, creating short-term warming. This discovery shows climate recovery ...

The Earth's magnetic field has been getting weaker over the past few centuries. This weakening can be seen in data gathered ...

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

Antarctica has long been seen as a remote, unchanging environment. Not any more. The ice-covered continent and the surrounding Southern Ocean are undergoing abrupt and alarming changes. Sea ice is ...

Melting ice could weaken Earth's strongest ocean current 20% by 2050, study reveals. Melting Antarctic ice is slowing Earth's strongest ocean current, according to a new study. The influx of cold ...

As global electricity use grows, the strain on traditional energy sources increases. Renewable options like wind and solar have become popular, yet there's a massive, largely untapped resource beneath ...

Before sunlight ever reached the planet, another force may have sparked life—electricity. Deep beneath the ocean floor, ...

An autonomous underwater glider, Redwing, launched on a five-year mission to circle the planet, gathering data to improve ...

2024 may have been Earth's hottest year in at least 125,000 years, according to a grim climate report published Wednesday (Oct. 29) that describes our world as "on the brink" and warns its "vital ...