If temperatures keep soaring, scientists fear that AMOC could collapse — and with it, climate patterns across the globe.

The collapse of a vast system of ocean currents which help push heat towards the UK would potentially lead to colder winters, ...

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

A preliminary study suggests that blocking off the waterway between Russia and Alaska could help the survival of a key system ...

Hidden warm-water traps beneath Antarctica may be melting the continent’s ice far faster than scientists realized.

Scientists are pushing for “radical” measures against climate change, proposing the construction of a dam across the Bering ...

Extreme weather including droughts and flash floods looming as forecasters say powerful heating is underway in the Pacific ...

If a key ocean current collapses it could plunge northern Europe into a big freeze. Now researchers are weighing up a drastic ...

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 ...

A major Atlantic Ocean current system that helps regulate Earth’s climate has been slowing for nearly two decades across a wide stretch of ocean, according to new research—potentially reshaping ...

A new study published in the journal Nature Geoscience describes an artificial intelligence-powered technique that can measure ocean surface currents over broad areas in greater detail than ever ...