The oceans are mostly composed of warm salty water near the surface over cold, less salty water in the ocean depths. These ...

MET Eireann has slapped two counties with three-hour thunderstorm warnings that are already in effect. Ireland is gearing up ...

Researchers say tugboats could tow huge underwater parachutes around the ocean to manually power a vital ocean current.

The oceans are mostly composed of warm salty water near the surface over cold, less salty water in the ocean depths. These two regions don't mix except in certain special areas, which creates a ...

The increasingly broad application of the phrase "tipping point" across biogeophysical and social phenomena muddles its meaning, and its use can conceal the multidimensional complexity of processes ...

Thermohaline circulation: ‘ocean conveyor belt’ can continue climate change beyond Net Zero Could ocean currents ensure that global warming continues even after we have reached carbon-neutrality?

Oceanography, Vol. 35, No. 3/4, SPECIAL ISSUE ON THE NEW ARCTIC OCEAN (DECEMBER 2022), pp. 118-127 (10 pages) The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) plays a significant role in the ...

The collapse of the system of ocean currents known as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC, would be widespread and calamitous.

Forty-four of the world's leading climate scientists have called on Nordic policymakers to address the potentially imminent and "devastating" collapse of key Atlantic Ocean currents. The currents ...

It’s also thought to be the initiator of the global thermohaline circulation, which plays a key role in stabilizing temperatures worldwide.