How can open ocean currents generate energy? Ocean currents contain kinetic energy that can be converted to electrical power using turbines. This is similar to offshore wind farms, or wind turbines ...

NASA scientists say they’ve found a way to turn the power of the ocean’s tides into clean, renewable electric energy. NASA is working to use changes in ocean temperature to create a high-pressure ...

Ocean currents driven by wind, water density, tides, ocean floor features, or the Coriolis effect, have an important role on climate regulation and marine ecology. In turn, increasing water surface ...

The most valuable unexploited natural resource on earth? Tidal streams and ocean currents might be the answer. A spin-off from Swedish aerospace manufacturer Saab, Minesto utilizes an underwater kite ...

A combination of easterly winds, a supermoon, and a slowing Gulf Stream is causing high water levels along Florida's Space ...

Large waves, rip tides and rough surf are prompting mayors and beach officials around the Jersey Shore to ban swimming as Hurricane Erin barrels northward into the Atlantic Ocean. More than a dozen ...

A Magellanic penguin on Magdalena Island, located in the Strait of Magellan near Chile's southern tip. Tens of thousands of penguins come to the island every year to breed. The South American penguin ...

Eight beachfront homes in the Outer Banks collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean this week as Hurricanes Imelda and Humberto ...