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

It may sound counterintuitive, but new research suggests that cleaning up air pollution could contribute to a weakening of ...

An artistic visualization of ocean currents from NASA has people mesmerized learning about our planet's underwater highways.

For generations, the mild and temperate climate of north-western Europe has been credited to one legendary force: the Gulf Stream. This idea is so deeply entrenched in our cultural identity that in ...

Marine heatwaves can jam the ocean’s natural carbon conveyor belt, preventing carbon from reaching the deep sea. Researchers studying two major heatwaves in the Gulf of Alaska found that plankton ...

Some climate simulations indicate that a weakened AMOC could reduce monsoon rainfall over parts of India, especially central and northwestern regions. Others suggest rainfall may become more uneven — ...

At this year's Living Planet Symposium, attendees heard how ESA's Next Generation Gravity Mission could provide the first opportunity to directly track a vital ocean circulation system that warms our ...

The nightmare scenario of Atlantic Ocean currents collapsing, with weather running amok and putting Europe in a deep freeze, looks unlikely this century, a new study concludes. In recent years, ...

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) helps nourish aquatic ecosystems and is part of the reason Europe has milder temperatures than places in Canada at the same latitude. But lately ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. Climate Research Department, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, ...