The trade winds are permanent east-to-west prevailing winds that flow in Earth's equatorial region, blowing mainly from the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere and from the southeast in the Southern ...

A huge stretch of the Southern Indian Ocean is rapidly losing its salt, and scientists warn this subtle shift could quietly disrupt global ocean currents and marine life in unexpected ways.

In 1686, long before satellites or supercomputers, Edmund Halley gathered thousands of ship logs from merchant fleets crossing the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. By plotting wind directions from each ...