While scientists have long studied currents of large eddies, the smaller ones -- called submesoscale eddies -- are notoriously difficult to detect. These currents, which range from several kilometers ...

The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation, commonly referred to as the "AMOC," is a system of ocean currents confined ...

The ocean might be deep and mysterious, but not all of its life is bathed in darkness. Close to 90% of marine ecosystems ...

But the Iberian Peninsula, which includes Spain and Portugal, is on the other side of the world, touching the Atlantic ... suggested that water percolating through the ocean plate's web of ...

Researchers created a detailed physical model that suggests a major Atlantic Ocean current will weaken far less under climate change than indicated by more extreme climate model projections.

In the Atlantic Ocean, a system of currents carries vast amounts of warm, salty surface water northward. As this water ...

New research led by the University found 21% of the global ocean had experienced a reduction in the depth of its ...