Here are the circumstances that created heavy rainfall across Central Texas over the July 4th holiday weekend leading to ...

The area is naturally prone to flash flooding. But experts said this was an especially bad storm that hit at a time that ...

A startup called Gigablue claims to have reached a milestone by selling 200,000 carbon credits for its ocean-based carbon ...

La Nina, conversely, is when the average ocean temperature in this same region of the Pacific is 0.5°C or more cooler than average. An El Nino or La Nina event isn’t always happening: each is ...

Since the turn of the century, major hurricanes hitting the U.S. have had one key feature in common. Location. The Gulf of Mexico coastline transformed into a bullseye for major storms, which have ...

Tropical Storm Alvin became the Northern Hemisphere’s first named storm of the year on Thursday after it formed in the eastern Pacific Ocean, off the coast of the Mexican state of Michoacán ...

One of the biggest reasons why the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans don’t mix instantly is the presence of strong ocean currents. These currents act like invisible walls, keeping waters flowing in ...

Flowing clockwise around Antarctica, the Antarctic Circumpolar Current is the strongest ocean current on the planet. It's five times stronger than the Gulf Stream and more than 100 times stronger than ...

The Gulf Stream is a strong current that brings warm water from the Gulf of Mexico, distributes it along the East Coast of the U.S., and flows across the Atlantic, all the way to the Norwegian Sea.

It's not great news for the Gulf Coast and other storm-prone regions: La Niña is associated with more tropical activity in the Atlantic Ocean. But this event might not make it to hurricane season.