One of the most important functions of the ocean is to move heat around the planet via currents. Think of the ocean as Earth's central heating system, constantly redistributing thermal energy from the ...
The oceans just keep getting hotter. According to new research from dozens of international scientists published in Advances ...
Climate change is warming Europe, but scientists are also studying whether a weakened Atlantic current could make Britain colder, with Laurie Laybourne, director of the Strategic Climate Risks ...
La Niña occurs when the ocean’s surface temperatures in the central and east-central equatorial Pacific reach a specific cooler-than-average temperature, as shown below. NOAA said the observed ...
A warm wind shift is unfolding in a remote part of the equatorial Pacific Ocean. And despite its geographical isolation, it could signal the start of a planetary change in ocean temperatures and ...
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KXAN) — Central Texas is heading for another La Niña winter, the same climate pattern as last winter, but that doesn’t mean a repeat. Roughly 5,000 miles southwest of Austin, ...