Scientists are increasingly convinced that the Atlantic’s great conveyor belt of heat and salt is edging toward a critical ...

Global warming continues to be more of an imminent threat as researchers have found we're close to yet another possible point ...

A new study co-authored by Yale climate scientist Alexey Fedorov offers intriguing possibilities about the future of Arctic warming through the end of this century. For the study, published in the ...

Recently, the journal “Science China Earth Sciences” published a study led by Dr. Wang Huan (Sichuan Normal University) and Professor Zuo Zhiyan (Fudan University). Based on modern observations, ...

The Icelandic government has declared the possible collapse of a major Atlantic Ocean current a national security risk.

Among the many reasons why we ought to cut climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions as quickly and sharply as possible, the weakening of a system of ocean currents known as the Atlantic Meridional ...

Salt water in the oceans is not the same everywhere; There are water layers that have different salinities and temperatures. The phenomenon of thermohaline circulation – which results from the ...

A new study sheds light on the vital role that the mixing of Atlantic and Arctic waters plays in sustaining the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), which is crucial for regulating ...

The world’s ocean is constantly moving. Ocean currents (movement of water from one location to another) are easier to see closer to shore, but currents are found from the ocean's surface down to the ...

Now this could be something to really worry about. Such a collapse could trigger rapid weather and climate changes in the U.S., Europe and elsewhere. If it were to happen, it could bring about an ice ...