The oceans are mostly composed of warm salty water near the surface over cold, less salty water in the ocean depths. These ...

Tracking salmon sharks with custom-built sensors is helping researchers study ocean temperatures, salinity shifts, and ...

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A current system in the Atlantic Ocean that's crucial for regulating the world's weather and ecosystems might be more stable ...

Renowned climate scientist Professor James Hansen has warned that current warming targets are "dead" and the UK could be ...

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A new study published in Communications Earth & Environment gives possible insight into the underprediction of sea ice ...

"It has now come loose from this circulation feature and is ... As for the effect on humans, "while the berg is large it is easily avoided by Southern Ocean shipping operators, who are well ...

The rapid meltdown of polar ice could shut down a key ocean current by 2050, triggering catastrophic surges of sea level rise along the U.S. East Coast and dangerous climate shifts in northwestern ...

Beryllium-10, a rare radioactive isotope produced by cosmic rays in the atmosphere, provides valuable insights into the Earth's geological history. A research team from the Helmholtz-Zentrum ...

How fast the level of atmospheric carbon dioxide — and with it, the temperature — goes up matters for the ability of humans and ecosystems to adjust. A slower increase gives humans time to move away ...