The last ice age did not shut down Atlantic ocean currents, and that discovery may help explain future climate risks.

Salt water in the oceans is not the same everywhere; There are water layers that have different salinities and temperatures. The phenomenon of thermohaline circulation – which results from the ...

Researcher Léon Chafik aboard an oceanographic expedition at the Greenland–Scotland Ridge, with a CTD rosette in the background used to measure temperature, salinity, and other water properties ...

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is the system of currents responsible for shuttling warm water northward and colder, denser water to the south. This "conveyor belt" process ...

During the last ice age, the Atlantic Ocean's powerful current system remained active and continued to transport warm, salty ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Ocean currents that make up the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation could start to ...

The Atlantic Ocean is undergoing a rapid and unsettling transformation that is now visible from space and measurable in the deep sea. Scientists tracking temperature patterns and circulation have ...

Along the Atlantic seaboard, more than 135 million Americans live in a zone where the ocean is no longer rising steadily but is poised to climb in abrupt, uneven surges as a key Atlantic current ...

RIT Croatia students are proudly organizing the AMOC Congress, a student-led conference dedicated to climate change awareness, education, and action. The event will take place on Saturday, December 6, ...