Puzzling clusters of microscopic plants in the ocean are likely caused by giant, swirling circular currents, scientists now reveal, providing a new view of how life travels around the globe. About ...

The billions of single-celled marine organisms known as phytoplankton can drift from one region of the world's oceans to almost any other place on the globe in less than a decade, Princeton University ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. A new study published this month has highlighted the growing dangers of changes in ocean ...

Chris Blenkinsopp receives funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, Australian Research Council, European Union and Royal Society. Curious Kids is a series by The ...

Millions of beachgoers faced "life-threatening" conditions on Tuesday amid rip currents and large breaking waves.

An influential current system in the Atlantic Ocean, which plays a vital role in redistributing heat throughout our planet's climate system, is now moving more slowly than it has in at least 1,600 ...

The Mozambique Channel, between Mozambique and Madagascar, is home to some of the most turbulent waters in the ocean. Swirling at a rate of more than 1 meter per second, currents in the channel can ...

The more you know about rip currents, the better prepared you can be for the hidden summer danger. For instance, some rip currents, known as "flash rips," happen quickly and without warning. These can ...

For all of the natural and human-made hardships the U.S. west coast must endure—earthquakes, droughts, wildfires—it is ...