A mesmerizing new visualization of ocean currents from NASA has been compared to the Starry Night painting of Van Gogh.

Ocean currents respond to changes in temperature ... Circumpolar Current are profound and far-reaching. As the main current that circulates nutrient-rich waters around Antarctica, it plays ...

A team of researchers reconstructed a critical ocean current system — called the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC — in computer models and found no evidence of long-term weakening ...

There seems to be too much of a radioactive element in rocks deep in the Pacific Ocean – how did it get there 10 million years ago?

Researchers say slowdown of ACC may allow invasive species to reach Antarctica, threatening fragile food webs and species ...

Part of the system that pumps water, heat and nutrients around the globe is at risk. Climate change could slow the Antarctic ...

Melting ice sheets are slowing the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), the world's strongest ocean current, researchers have found. This melting has implications for global climate indicators, ...

Melting ice sheets are slowing the Antarctic Circumpolar Current ... and is the main mechanism for the exchange of heat, carbon dioxide, chemicals and biology across these ocean basins.