A conveyor belt of ocean water that loops the planet and regulates global temperatures could be heading for a tipping point.

During the last ice age, the Atlantic Ocean's powerful current system remained active and continued to transport warm, salty ...

While we can’t usually observe coastal currents from the shoreline, water in the oceans of the world is in constant motion.

How can open ocean currents generate energy? Ocean currents contain kinetic energy that can be converted to electrical power using turbines. This is similar to offshore wind farms, or wind turbines ...

Ocean microbes keep the planet healthy by cycling nutrients and capturing carbon, but a detailed and precise map of where ...

Oceanographers have been able to document the movement of ocean waters to indicate things like currents, weather, and more.

The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) is a system of ocean currents that transports warm water from the tropics northwards into the North Atlantic. In recent years it has emerged that ...

The Indonesian Throughflow carries both warm water and fresh water from the Pacific into the Indian Ocean. As the only ...

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 ...

Ocean currents driven by wind, water density, tides, ocean floor features, or the Coriolis effect, have an important role on climate regulation and marine ecology. In turn, increasing water surface ...

Converting the vibrations generated by water currents in contact with an object into energy. This is the basis of the new ...

During the last ice age, the Atlantic Ocean’s powerful current system remained active and continued to transport warm, salty water from the tropics to the North Atlantic despite extensive ice cover ...