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Rain helps the ocean trap more carbonRain has so far been ignored in calculations of the ocean's capacity to take up carbon, but a new estimate shows it enhances the ocean sink by 5% to 7%.
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'We don't really consider it low probability anymore': Collapse of key Atlantic current could have catastrophic impacts, says oceanographer Stefan RahmstorfA visualization from space of the Gulf Stream as it unfurls across the North Atlantic Ocean.
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Diamond Beach: Iceland's spellbinding black sand beach covered in sparkling ice jewelsIcebergs and other glacial fragments regularly wash up on Iceland's southern Diamond Beach, making the sandy strip look like a field of gemstones.
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Key Atlantic current could collapse soon, 'impacting the entire world for centuries to come,' leading climate scientists warnLeading climate scientists ring alarm bell on key Atlantic Ocean current collapse in open letter
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'An ancient, complex, and very serious game is going on': The weird ways creatures feed in the open oceanSea angels — a type of swimming slug — that live in the open ocean are carnivorous little creatures that have evolved to feed on sea snails.
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Deep tidal channels cut between 'pirate hotspot' islands in the BahamasEarth from space This 2015 photo from the International Space Station showcases the deep tidal channels that cut through a line of cays in the Bahamas. Astronauts say it is "one of the most recognizable points on the planet."
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Scientists are 'gobsmacked' by strange reversals in deep-ocean currentsThe speed and direction of deep currents off Mozambique’s coast are more subject to change than scientists expected.
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Nazaré: The big-wave surfer's paradise born out of the largest underwater canyon in EuropeEvery year, record-seeking surfers and spectators descend on the small Portuguese town of Nazaré for the "big wave" season, when water can surge up to 100 feet (30 meters) tall.
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Gulf Stream collapse would throw tropical monsoons into chaos for at least 100 years, study findsIf Atlantic Ocean currents collapse due to melting ice sheets, researchers predict there will be huge shifts in tropical monsoon systems — and the effects could be irreversible for at least 100 years.
