The Southern Ocean exists in a state of precarious balance. The sea is layered, with cold surface water sitting atop relatively warm water. It’s an inherently unstable situation—all else being equal, ...

How long tubes of mud - drilled out of the Antarctic seafloor - could reveal how the frozen continent is changing.

SALISBURY, Mass. (AP) — Hurricane Erin never made landfall but left behind rough ocean conditions along the U.S. East Coast. At least two people died after they had been swimming in the heavy current, ...

MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Erin never made landfall but left behind rough ocean conditions along the U.S. East Coast. A teenager died after he had been swimming in the heavy current, and a search ...