A subpolar gyre is a large-scale ocean current system located at high latitudes created by a persistent region of low ...

A new species of Portuguese man o' war has been discovered floating in the waters of northeast Japan. Spotted by a ...

A study published in Nature Climate Change by an international team of scientists from the IBS Center for Climate Physics ...

As Antarctic ice melts, all of that fresh water pours into the ocean, essentially diluting it by reducing its salinity. That, in turn, is dramatically slowing the currents that, like a conveyor belt, ...

Oceans all over the world rely on a delicate balance of different elements to remain stable. Temperature, salinity, pH, and pressure all combine to create the complex bodies of water that maintain ...

Join us for this free online event with Dr Russell Arnott, who will dive into the captivating world of why the Antarctic and ...

Seabirds are like feathered buoys. Gently rafting on the ocean’s surface, these birds go with the flow, making them excellent proxies for tracking changes in a current’s speed and direction.

On top of the world, where the North American and European continents meet, the planet's largest waterfall swirls and tumbles over a dramatic tectonic rift. The Denmark Strait cataract is the greatest ...

Just as experts thought Mexico’s sargassum season was over, the seaweed came back with a vengeance, covering beaches in ...

Fractures in an Antarctic iceberg were likely caused by rapid changes in the currents that flow through the Southern Ocean. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

A Gentoo penguin feeds its chick in Cuverville Island, in the western Antarctic peninsula, in 2016. Experts say climate change and altered ocean currents may be threatening the environment of such ...