Volcanic Origins Created Perfect Isolation The Galápagos Islands were formed millions of years ago through volcanic activity.

A subpolar gyre is a large-scale ocean current system located at high latitudes created by a persistent region of low ...

A study published in Nature Climate Change by an international team of scientists from the IBS Center for Climate Physics ...

A warming climate doesn't just affect dry land — it affects the ocean, too. For many years, Earth's ocean has acted as a heat sink for climate change: A large part of the heat generated by human use ...

A new species of Portuguese man o' war has been discovered floating in the waters of northeast Japan. Spotted by a ...

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A groundbreaking study in the journal Science, has unveiled how deep ocean currents—known as global overturning circulation—play a pivotal role in shaping the diversity and function of microbial life ...

On August 19 Hurricane Erin is crawling past the Bahamas as a strong Category 2 storm and is due to head toward the Carolinas and then veer northeast over the open Atlantic Ocean. Although the storm’s ...

National Weather Service (NWS) meteorologists are urging more than 1 million people along Florida's eastern coast to remain out of the water on Friday amid an increased chance of rip currents at some ...