New research reveals the surprising ways atmospheric winds influence ocean eddies, shaping the ocean's weather patterns in ...

While jet streams are air patterns, the Gulf Stream is an ocean pattern that also has an impact on weather.

Certain metallic rocks seem to be making oxygen in the dark, without light or sunshine, at the bottom of the ocean.

Bio-inspired vortex-anchored filter captures more than 97% of floating, underwater and emulsified oils, even under strong ...

A new study finds that the rate of ocean warming has more than quadrupled over the past 40 years—and pinpoints why.

The 3.7-billion-year-old formations in the planet's Gale Crater suggest the presence of long-gone bodies of liquid water, with no ice covering the surface ...

One would think that a volcano was not the most hospitable place for living organisms. However, the Borealis Mud Volcano, at 400 m water depth, acts as a sanctuary for a number of marine species.

ESA's Swarm mission, utilizing the faint magnetic signals generated by Earth's ocean tides, offers groundbreaking insights ...

Warmer-than-normal temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico did not cause the record-setting snowfall, but the conditions may have ...

Firefighters battled the bitter cold and reported water problems at a two-alarm fire in Manchester-By-The-Sea late into the ...

The world's largest iceberg is on a collision course with a remote British island, potentially putting penguins and seals in ...

A polar vortex that has hit much of the U.S. with ice and snow has dealt a glancing blow to Florida, dropping coastal ...