A major shift in the global climate pattern is underway as the tropical Pacific starts to transition out of a fading La Niña and toward a potential El Niño later this year. Some forecast models ...

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC, is like a giant ocean conveyor belt that moves warm water from the tropics to the northern Atlantic, with the Gulf Stream playing a key role, ...

The retreat of ice in the Barents Sea could be strengthening a key ocean current that regulates global climate.

There are increasing indications El Niño is likely to form and strengthen into potentially a significant event during the next several months, throwing weather patterns worldwide out of whack and ...

A broad area of low pressure over the Atlantic Ocean could become the next named storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season over the next couple of days. The tropical wave, labeled as Invest 95L ...

The National Hurricane Center is currently tracking two waves in the Atlantic Ocean, however both have low chances of forming into named storms. The hurricane center said in an Oct. 17 advisory it is ...

Horacio is spinning in the remote South Indian Ocean. It's a reminder that the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season is only three months away.

"Sunlight" beams off a partly cloudy Atlantic Ocean just after sunrise as the International Space Station orbited 263 miles above on March 5, 2025. This is an example of sunglint, an optical ...

Europe is struggling more and more with extreme heat in the summer. While climate change is the main reason for this increase, what specific physical mechanisms cause a heat wave? One important driver ...