The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) – the mega highway of ocean currents that shifts heat, carbon, and ...

The rate of global warming, rather than the extra heat itself, could determine whether a system of ocean currents known as ...

Scientists Use AI to Map Ocean Currents in Incredible Detail ...

Research from Oregon State University suggests that the weakening of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation could ...

Scientists have found that the AMOC may be far more vulnerable to rapid warming than to temperature alone. When warming ...

Some of the ocean's tiniest organisms get swept into underwater currents that act as a conduit that shuttles them from the sunny surface to deeper, darker depths where they play a huge role in ...

A team of NASA and university scientists has developed a new way to use satellite measurements to track changes in Atlantic Ocean currents, which are a driving force in global climate. The finding ...

Earth's ocean is incredibly vast. Some parts of it are so remote that the nearest human habitation is the International Space Station. As the world warms, what happens in the ocean—and what happens to ...

The Congo River pours roughly 10.6 million gallons of freshwater into the Atlantic every second. A study published on June 10 ...

An abrupt shutdown of Atlantic Ocean currents that could put large parts of Europe in a deep freeze is looking a bit more likely and closer than before as a new complex computer simulation finds a ...

Antarctica’s largest ice shelf, buttressing a dozen major glaciers and slowing their flow into the ocean, may be surprisingly sensitive to warming. Several thousand years ago, the Ross Ice Shelf and ...

On land, we’re familiar with heatwaves and cold snaps. But the deep sea also experiences prolonged periods of hot and cold. Marine heatwaves and cold spells can severely damage ocean ecosystems and ...