Researchers have for the first time reconstructed the three-dimensional structure of powerful vertical ocean currents off Antarctica using satellite observations, finding that these flows plunge ...

An artistic visualization of ocean currents from NASA has people mesmerized learning about our planet's underwater highways.

Hidden Southern Ocean currents plunge more than half a mile deep and help power Antarctica's vast carbon sink, a new ...

Historically, the ocean has been difficult to model. Scientists struggled in years past to simulate ocean currents or accurately predict fluctuations in temperature, salinity, and other properties. As ...

Most of what we know about the ocean, we know from above it. The surface: its color on a clear day, the way storms churn it ...

The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite is allowing researchers to directly observe small-scale ocean processes across the globe for the first time. An eddy is like a mini whirlpool in ...

Taken from the International Space Station by an astronaut, this is a view of Lake Van off Turkey, the largest soda lake on Earth. This region is prone to major earthquakes because of movement from ...