The world's oceans are heating faster in two bands stretching around the globe, one in the southern hemisphere and one in the north, according to climate scientists.

The deep blue sea may not have always been so blue. A new study suggests that the Earth's oceans may have changed color over ...

A warm blob of water in the North Atlantic is an ominous sign that a system of currents that regulate the planet's climate ...

On a wave-battered rock in the northern Pacific Ocean, a fish called the sculpin grips the surface ... The team focused on ...

Shifting ocean currents have gradually pushed sand—made from broken-up bits of this same coral—into more than 1,000 other islands that poke above the surface. But these currents can also be ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Police said they have found the body of a 12-year-old boy who was caught in rough ocean currents Friday along Fort Lauderdale Beach. First responders said they were ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Police said they have found the body of a 12-year-old boy who was caught in rough ocean currents Friday along Fort Lauderdale Beach. First responders said they were originally ...

Anna Skinner is a Newsweek senior reporter based in Indianapolis. Her focus is reporting on the climate, environment and weather but she also reports on other topics for the National News Team.

Local weather offices have long issued rip current statements, but the information is often difficult to find - leaving the public unaware of the dangers posed by the ocean. The goal of the new ...

A NASA-led satellite mission has suggested that swirls and eddies in the middle of the ocean have a bigger influence on Earth's climate system than scientists previously realized. Measuring changes in ...

This knowledge gap impacts our understanding of geological processes, marine habitats, and even climate change predictions, as seafloor topography influences ocean currents that distribute heat around ...