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

The Denmark Strait cataract is a sloping portion of the seafloor between Iceland and Greenland that funnels cold water from the Nordic Seas into the Irminger Sea, fueling Atlantic Ocean currents.

This is sometimes called the global thermohaline circulation because of the variations in temperature (“thermo-”) and salinity (“-haline”) that drive the system. As water flows north ...

Standing tall with a vertical drop of an astonishing 11,500 feet (3,500 meters), it’s over three times the height of the ...

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation is a complex system of ocean currents, including the Gulf Stream, which ...