The large-scale Pacific Ocean climate patterns that help steer weather patterns around the globe are shifting yet again.
Off the coast of Western Australia, the Southern Indian Ocean is becoming significantly less salty, and scientists say it’s ...
Researchers have long been puzzled by the observed cooling of the eastern tropical Pacific and the Southern Ocean accompanying global warming. Existing climate models have failed to capture this ...
Researchers at Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment found that ocean saltiness can influence the strength of El Niño, a climate ...
New research suggests changing ocean patterns could influence El Nino strength, raising concerns about heatwaves, weak monsoons and extreme weather in India.
By 2050, offshore wind power capacity in the North Sea is set to increase more than tenfold. Researchers at the Helmholtz ...
As human activities have released greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, trapping excess heat and warming the planet, the ocean has absorbed more than 90% of that excess heat since the 1970s. The ocean ...
A closer look at Earth’s history shows that melting ice sheets temporarily increased stratification in the Southern Ocean.