When you hear about items spilling from shipping containers into the ocean, it’s usually less than stellar news. In 1992, ...

Surfers ride the waves on September 23, 2023 in Wilmington, North Carolina. Eros Hoagland/Getty "Strong currents in the surf zone can pull swimmers into deeper water, as well as generate ...

In a revolutionary advancement in oceanography, scientists have created one of the most detailed maps of the ocean floor to date. The map, compiled using high-resolution data from the SWOT ...

"The sneaky aspect of rip currents is they're often most dangerous when wave heights are only moderate. It only takes 2-3 feet waves to produce strong rip currents," Jonathan Erdman, a senior ...

An AMOC collapse would usher in global weather and climate shifts — including plunging temperatures in Europe, which relies on the current system for its mild weather.

Mars may be around 140 million miles away from Earth, but the red planet is influencing our deep oceans by helping drive “giant whirlpools,” according to new research.. Scientists analyzed ...

New Technique Can Map Ocean Plastics from Space. ... tension—often accompany microplastics as a by-product of plastic production and breakdown and are carried on the same ocean currents.

A newly-deployed satellite has created the most-detailed map yet of the ocean floor, finding hundreds of hills and underwater volcanoes that were previously missed.

"It's crazy to think that we don't have a complete map of our planet," one researcher involved in a project to map the entire seafloor by 2030 told Live Science. When you purchase through links on ...

Fluorescent-colored sand could show effects of ocean currents on California’s eroding beaches Task force wants to track how sediment travels in sub-cells along the San Diego County coast ...