With no warning, these waves can sweep people off their feet and pull them into the freezing ocean. The currents are so strong that even experienced swimmers would struggle to get back to shore.

NARRAGANSETT, R.I. (WPRI) — Hundreds of people ran into the cold ocean on Sunday for a good cause. Special Olympics Rhode Island held its Annual Torch Run Plunge at Salty Brine State Beach in ...

Arctic temperatures spiked 36 degrees Fahrenheit, or 20 Celsius, above normal. By the end of the month, sea ice was at its ...

Deep-sea fish thrive in extreme pressure, darkness, and pollution, revealing new survival mechanisms and threats.

Ocean state variables ... In 1742, Anders Celsius defined a temperature scale in which the freezing point of water (at sea-level pressure) was taken as a lower reference point with a value ...

More than 1,500 swimmers ran into the freezing water at Willard Beach Sunday morning to mark International Women's Day.

The nightmare scenario of Atlantic Ocean currents collapsing, with weather running amok and putting Europe in a deep freeze, looks unlikely this century, a new study concludes. In recent years ...

Low-elevation snow and particularly freezing rain is notoriously difficult to forecast, because it involves the collision of warmer ocean air with moisture and cold air from the north or east.