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Seafloor ‘Brake Zones’ Explain Gofar Fault’s Clockwork Quakes, Study Finds

The mechanism points to natural limits on many ocean faults, sharpening models of offshore earthquake risk.

El Niño Now Likely This Summer as Odds Rise for a Very Strong Peak

Two New Studies Show Ocean Heat Is Supercharging Antarctic Ice Loss

Corrected Models Point to AMOC Dropping by About Half by 2100

Warm Deep-Ocean Water Is Shifting Toward Antarctica, First Observations Show

Forecasters See El Niño Forming by Early Summer With Risk of a Very Strong Event

Giant Cretaceous Octopuses May Have Ruled the Seas, Science Study Finds

NOAA Sees 61% Chance El Niño Forms by Mid-2026

Scientists Propose Bering Strait Mega-Dam to Stabilize Atlantic Circulation

New Study Projects Atlantic Overturning Current to Halve by 2100

El Niño Odds Rise for 2026 as Peru Warns Coastal Impacts Could Last Into 2027

Shelf-Like Band on Mars Bolsters Case for Ancient Northern Ocean

El Niño Seen Likely to Form by Early Summer as Forecast Odds Rise

Study Projects Much Sharper Weakening of Atlantic Gulf Stream System by 2100

Studies Find Atlantic Overturning Current Weakening Far Faster Than Expected

Forecasts Raise Odds of 2026 El Niño, With Some Warning of a Strong Event

Antarctic Surveys Find New Weddell Sea Islet and Under-Ice Erosion Hotspots

China Tests Deep-Sea Actuator Built to Cut Cables at 3,500 Meters

Researchers Chart Previously Unmapped Island in Antarctica’s Weddell Sea

Polarstern Team Maps Previously Uncharted Antarctic Island