The ocean is essentially our planet's climate control system, a massive engine that never stops working. For thousands of ...

Researchers have taken a close look at the global ocean's great "conveyor belt," and they don't like what they've found. The Antarctic Circumpolar Current, a clockwise current that helps to regulate ...

The oceans are mostly composed of warm salty water near the surface over cold, less salty water in the ocean depths. These two regions don't mix except in certain special areas, which creates a large ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A newly discovered deep, cold current flowing off Iceland's coast may reveal that the North Atlantic is less sensitive to climate change than previously thought, researchers ...

Whales are the bees of the ocean. That’s a conclusion of new research showing that whales undertake the longest journeys to transport nutrients of any mammal or large animal on Earth, much like bees ...

Whale urine helps move nutrients thousands of miles across the ocean in a “conveyer belt,” according to a new study. Photo from Venti Views, UnSplash It turns out, whale pee is nothing to pooh-pooh.