A new way to monitor previously hidden, but disruptive, deep ocean currents in near-real-time has been proven by a recently ...

King Tides, formally known as Perigean-Spring Tides, are exceptionally high tides. These usually occur about three times a ...

Scientists have uncovered a new threat hiding under the floating edges of Antarctica: fast moving, stormlike swirls of water ...

New findings show that some coastal regions will become far more acidic than scientists once thought, with upwelling systems ...

Polar sea ice is vanishing far faster than most people expected, and the change is not only visible from above. Beneath the ...

Scientists analyzed corals and used computer models to understand the changes in the unique, ecologically rich California ...

When she was a child, Priscilla Dobler Dzul wanted to be an Egyptologist. Obsessed by ancient culture, she devoured Egyptian mythology and even practiced mummification under the tutelage of her ...

Iceland is facing an existential threat as climate scientists warn of the rapid weakening of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). This vital ocean current helps moderate ...

Abstract: This study proposed an improved Doppler radar imaging model (IDopRIM) to address the overestimation of the original DopRIM and produce better accuracy for investigating the current-wave ...

Iceland has designated the potential collapse of a major Atlantic Ocean current system a national security concern and an existential threat, enabling its government to strategize for worst-case ...

Jökulsárlón, a large glacial lagoon in southeast Iceland. Credit: United Nations Photo – CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via Flickr. Iceland has declared the possible collapse of a major Atlantic Ocean current a ...

Polar ocean waters are projected to stir and mix more as the planet warms and sea ice retreats. An open-access study finds stronger currents, turbulence and faster horizontal stirring across the ...