A recent study reveals our warming world is triggering shifts in winds and ocean currents, which is likely contributing to an increase in harmful carbon pollution. An international team of scientists, ...

The Great Barrier Reef stretches for 1,429 miles just off Australia's northeastern coast. Auscape/Universal Images Group via Getty Image Tropical reefs might look like inanimate rock, but these ...

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 ...

PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic — Unpredictable currents are known to impact the idyllic resort where University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki was last seen before vanishing in the Dominican ...

Even a small slowdown to one of Earth's major ocean currents could nearly halve the rainfall over parts of the planet's rainforests, fueling droughts that could accelerate climate change, a new study ...

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Parts of the Amazon rainforest could see a 40 percent drop in annual rainfall if climate change slows the Atlantic Meridional Ocean Circulation (AMOC), according to a new study led by CU Boulder with ...

The ocean is essentially our planet's climate control system, a massive engine that never stops working. For thousands of years, this intricate network of currents has maintained Earth's weather ...

In recent years, a major ocean current changed its path in two crucial ways. Now parts of the sea are rising, other parts are falling, ocean temperatures are breaking records — and Japan’s iconic ...

Earth must have experienced something exceptional 10 million years ago. Our study of rock samples from the floor of the Pacific Ocean has found a strange increase in the radioactive isotope ...

A slowing Atlantic current could have a devastating impact on the planet's rainforests, a new study warns. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...