North Carolina’s barrier islands are notorious for being a spot where the northbound Gulf Stream crashes into the southbound Labrador Current. Cape Hatteras National Seashore/NPS photo Waters off the ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Emily Wagg and Claire Brady, residents of Portland, are studying geosystems ...

The Outer Banks, North Carolina. Since 1870, the tallest lighthouse in the nation has watched over what is known as "the graveyard ...

The Gulf Stream is intrinsic to the global climate system, bringing warm waters from the Caribbean up the East Coast of the United States. As it flows along the coast and then across the Atlantic ...

Waters off the Outer Banks are feeling a little like the Jersey Shore of late, and forecasters have come up with a rather unexpected reason: A slight shift in ocean currents. North Carolina’s barrier ...