Scientists are studying changes to rainfall and evaporation patterns, as well as salt concentrations, across the oceans to understand how global warming is intensifying Earth’s water cycle, which ...

PRINCETON — "This is so cool," Jorge Sarmiento said, twisting around in his chair to tap on a desktop computer until its screen was filled with blue circles, red arrows and green eddies marking a ...

In the summer of 2012, a series of punishing heat waves roasted a large portion of the U.S. with record-breaking temperatures that helped spawn one of the most widespread and costliest droughts to hit ...

Scientists have spotted something dramatically unusual in the ocean, and it could be a warning sign of things to come. Warm air dances with cold air; cold water chases warm water. It's all a part of a ...

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Weather forecasting has always involved uncertainty, but the patterns emerging in 2025 and 2026 have pushed that uncertainty ...

History would suggest that the El Niño development would mean more hurricane activity in the Eastern Pacific, but that's not always true for Hawaii.

A study has shown that marine life around the world is surprisingly dependent on a single ocean circulation pattern in the Southern Hemisphere where nutrient-rich water rises from the deep and spreads ...

Scientists have discovered that the influence of circulation changes on shaping ocean warming will diminish in the future. This is despite having been identified and modeled as a key factor over the ...