A yawning chasm opens in the middle of the ocean, swallowing Johnny Savage's boat ...

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The Blob is a marine heatwave that typically spans parts of the North Pacific Ocean. Marine heatwaves have the capacity to ...

Did you know that ocean waves that come across a current from a different direction can turn into a violent, rapidly swirling tornado-like whirlpool? This can also happen if a current flows over an ...

The southern hemisphere's polar vortex is weakening in response to a rare episode of stratospheric warming above Antarctica.

The Fujiwhara effect is making it difficult for forecasters to predict who could be affected by Hurricane Humberto or Invest ...

Effects from Hurricane Humberto and Invest 94L on the US remain difficult to predict, but risks along the coast between ...

It's been a long and unusual journey for the world's largest iceberg, known as A23a, but it's ending in a relatively usual way: breaking apart and melting in the warmer waters of the South Atlantic ...

The polar vortex is a large area of low pressure and cold air surrounding the Earth’s poles. Under normal conditions, it spins tightly around the Arctic. However, as the Arctic warms, this system ...

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A rare phenomenon in the skies above Antarctica is likely to bring mixed weather for southern Australia in coming weeks.

The world's largest iceberg, known as A23a, is now nearing the end of its life - 40 years after it broke off the edge of Antarctica. This "megaberg" was once more than twice the size of Greater London ...