An ocean current called the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation will weaken by 50 percent by 2100. The question is ...

The potential collapse of a key Atlantic ocean current − due to human-caused climate change − is in the news again. You'd be hard-pressed to come up with a scarier scenario than what's going on now ...

New research provides alarming evidence this ocean circulation is slowing and could be heading toward a shutdown, which would have catastrophic impacts on the planet’s weather and climate.

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is a large-scale and delicate system of ocean currents, responsible for our warm climate.

Vital Atlantic current likely to collapse with catastrophic consequences, scientists warn - The collapse would have catastrophic consequences, plunging Europe into extreme winters and summer droughts ...

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

If the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation shut down, the knock-on effects could release hundreds of billions of tonnes of CO2, raising global temperatures even further ...

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

Atlantic Ocean currents that are vital for keeping Earth's climate in check will halve in strength by 2100 and may be closer to collapse than first thought, a new study finds. The Atlantic Meridional ...

Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas The critical Atlantic current system appears significantly more likely to collapse ...