The ocean current system that keeps winters mild in London, anchors fisheries from Norway to West Africa, and holds back sea ...

Historically, the ocean has been difficult to model. Scientists struggled in years past to simulate ocean currents or accurately predict fluctuations in temperature, salinity, and other properties. As ...

For two decades, instruments bolted to the Atlantic seafloor have recorded the pulse of one of Earth’s most important ocean currents. Now, a peer-reviewed study published in April 2026 in Science ...

Scientists at the United Kingdom’s Met Office and the University of Exeter used simulations from 34 different computer models of extreme climate change scenarios to see if the AMOC would collapse this ...

A key Atlantic current may collapse this century, potentially impacting temperatures, rainfall, droughts and sea level rise among Europe, Africa and the Americas.

The Atlantic current system, or more formally the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), is more likely to weaken than previously thought. That's the conclusion of a new study published ...

Straits of Florida — At 2 a.m., oceanographer Ryan Smith was headed into his 12th hour of work with little sleep when trouble started. From the rear deck of the University of Miami’s research boat, he ...

Key Atlantic Ocean currents that appear to be slowing down due to climate change may be more resilient to global warming than scientists previously thought — thanks to a secret back-up system, a new ...

A mysterious patch of water in the North Atlantic has baffled scientists for decades. Located to the southeast of Greenland, this blob of seawater was colder between 1901 and 2021 than during the late ...