Scientists reveal that Antarctica’s ocean current formed slowly and needed winds, ice, and shifting continents to shape Earth’s climate.

Early forecasts suggest this year may see the strongest El Niño in a decade—bringing with it more extreme weather.

A team of researchers at the Alfred Wegener Institute has overturned a decades-old explanation for how the Antarctic ...

NASA captures the first X-ray image of a star similar to a young Sun, HD 61005, blowing a gas bubble like nothing ever seen ...

New simulations suggest the Antarctic Circumpolar Current did not emerge as soon as ocean gateways opened around Antarctica.

There are increasing indications that an El Niño is not only imminent — setting in by late summer or early fall — but that it ...

Round doors welcome you into a world of curves and cozy spaces. The windows peek out from the earth like curious eyes.

Deep within Earth, subtle variations in how seismic waves travel are revealing a hidden pattern of deformation in the planet’s lowest mantle layer.

It transports far more than 100 times as much water as all of the Earth's rivers combined: The Antarctic Circumpolar Current ...

A colossal ocean current encircling Antarctica—stronger than all the world’s rivers combined—played a far more complex role in shaping Earth’s climate than scientists once thought. New research shows ...

A super El Niño this year could mean fewer hurricanes along the East Coast and more rain in the second half of the year. Here ...