The large-scale Pacific Ocean climate patterns that help steer weather patterns around the globe are shifting yet again.

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 ...

Along a stretch of coast that usually behaves by the book, officials have been grappling with a rare ocean pattern that has not appeared at this strength since the 1950s. The event has scrambled ...

As far as India is concerned, the dip in salinity could have a serious impact. The Indian Ocean is key to monsoons, and it ...

Scientists say Earth is shifting from a merely warm planet toward what some describe as a “Hothouse” state, driven not just by smokestacks and tailpipes but by quieter feedbacks and thresholds. I see ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A phenomenon called Kelvin waves has just been detected in the Pacific Ocean — a sign that the developing El Niño pattern is imminent. The International Sea Level Satellite, the ...

Scientists have detected a major drop in salinity in one of the world’s saltiest ocean regions. The change could affect monsoons, marine life and global climate systems, raising new concerns about the ...