A groundbreaking study in the journal Science, has unveiled how deep ocean currents—known as global overturning ...

Rising temperatures in the North Atlantic are slowing vital currents, but a new process in the Arctic could save the day, scientists say.

The planet’s rotation fluctuates as it travels around the sun, and measurements suggest we’re losing more than a millisecond ...

Rivers are Earth's arteries. Water, sediment and nutrients self-organize into diverse, dynamic channels as they journey from ...

South Carolina's coast is home to islands big and small, formed by the natural movement of sand. But rising tides could ...

Giant mounds of sand discovered beneath the North Sea off Norway may scramble what we know about a key geological process.

Colossal volcanic eruptions like the kind that may have obliterated the dinosaurs more than 65 million years ago are caused ...

Putting aerosols in the stratosphere to reflect sunlight could prevent the shutdown of key ocean currents, but only if it is ...