The oceans are mostly composed of warm salty water near the surface over cold, less salty water in the ocean depths. These two regions don't mix except in certain special areas, which creates a large ...

New research shows, for the first time, an unprecedented and significant warming of equatorial Atlantic upper intermediate ...

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

Sea levels are just the start of how climate change will upend the ocean. Rising temperatures are also threatening a critical ...

Scientists have discovered that the weakening of a major Atlantic current could lead to extreme rainfall and severe storms in ...

Add another study to the pile of research raising alarms about a looming climate disaster. Scientists have been closely watching the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) for years. In ...

The ocean circulation in the Southwestern Atlantic is governed by the interplay of powerful western boundary currents, shelf dynamics and interannual climate variability. The poleward-flowing Brazil ...

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

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 — ...

The global ocean circulation comprises interconnected currents and gyres that redistribute heat, salt and biogeochemical tracers, thereby regulating Earth’s climate and marine ecosystems. Surface ...

Researchers at National Taiwan University and partner institutions have uncovered new evidence that Antarctic Intermediate ...