A trip to Antarctica might feel less like crossing the ocean and more like crossing the galaxy, but what happens there ...

The Corryvreckan whirlpool is one of the largest whirlpools in the world, reaching speeds of 8.5 knots and producing a ...

Oceans cover more than 70% of Earth's surface and hold enormous potential to generate clean electricity through ocean currents. Unlike wind or solar energy, ocean currents flow steadily and ...

Companies are preparing to move forward with seabed mining, but a method for gathering critical minerals from the seafloor ...

The Mozambique Channel, between Mozambique and Madagascar, is home to some of the most turbulent waters in the ocean. Swirling at a rate of more than 1 meter per second, currents in the channel ...

From the Atlantic to the Pacific, beachgoers are being warned to stay out of the water as a surge of hazardous ocean conditions triggers advisories across U.S. coastlines this week. The National ...

Sound waves travel through different types of matter, including liquid water. Importantly, the movement of ocean water can greatly affect how sound waves travel from one point to another.

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 ...

The film is set to be released in cinemas on 8 May - the same day as the naturalist’s 99th birthday - before it is available ...

"By-the-Wind Sailors" wash ashore in Ventura, causing a colorful spectacle but prompting warnings against touching.