Researchers measuring the salinity of the Southern Ocean did find unexpected results, but some online reports got the details ...

Melting ice sheets are slowing the world’s strongest ocean current, researchers said Monday.. An influx of fresh water from the melting sheets is changing the properties of the ocean and its ...

Hundreds of people were rescued from ocean waters along the California coast on the Fourth of July due to strong currents and ...

Current climate models have so far been unable to adequately reproduce the clouds over the Southern Ocean around Antarctica.

Part of the system that pumps water, heat and nutrients around the globe is at risk. Climate change could slow the Antarctic Circumpolar Current down 20% by 2050.

But what does the current ice concentration look like and. ... As for the Great Lakes that are not frozen over, the current water surface temperature ranges from 38 to 42 degrees Fahrenheit.

Drilling 500 meters through the ice sheet to the Antarctic mainland beneath, they encountered water and sedimentary rock. For the hot water drilling, they used a high-pressure nozzle and water at ...