PASADENA, Calif. – New NASA measurements of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, part of the global ocean conveyor belt that helps regulate climate around the North Atlantic, show no ...

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Too much fresh water from Greenland's ice sheet can slow the Atlantic Ocean's circulation. Paul Souders/Stone via Getty Images ...

Among the many reasons why we ought to cut climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions as quickly and sharply as possible, the weakening of a system of ocean currents known as the Atlantic Meridional ...

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

Researchers have taken a close look at the global ocean's great "conveyor belt," and they don't like what they've found. The Antarctic Circumpolar Current, a clockwise current that helps to regulate ...

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 ...

It turns out that volume does matter, particularly when it comes to the amount of cold dense water that forms off of the coast of Greenland and makes its way to the bottom of the sea floor. Surface ...

The South China Sea Throughflow (SCSTF) serves as a critical oceanic conveyor belt for heat and freshwater, mediating water exchanges between the South China Sea (SCS) and the Pacific and Indian ...

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 ...