Scientists have taken an unprecedented look at marine fish species living in the world's oceans by studying traces of genetic ...

A Maui County Council committee is scheduled to look into the high rate of drownings on Maui compared to other Hawaiian ...

While the GOP already controls 10 of the 14 House districts in North Carolina — a state Trump won by 51% last year — the revised map satisfies the president’s call for GOP-led states to secure more ...

Tropical Storm Jerry could become a hurricane by the weekend, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said early Thursday. Tropical storm conditions are possible later today into Friday on portions ...

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The North Atlantic subpolar gyre is a system of currents located to the south of Greenland. (Image credit: NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio) A massive system of rotating ocean currents in the ...

A new study analyzing chemical traces in the growth rings of clam shells reinforces growing concerns about the stability of a key North Atlantic Ocean current that helps keep the global climate ...

Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. New research using salinity data from NASA's Aquarius instrument on the Aquarius/SAC-D observatory has given ...

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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Antarctica has long been seen as a remote, unchanging environment. Not any more. The ice-covered continent and the surrounding Southern Ocean are undergoing abrupt and alarming changes. Sea ice is ...