Scientists are sounding the alarm, as a critical Atlantic Ocean current is under existential threat. The result, if things take a turn for the worse? A new ice age. Sounds extreme, hysterical. But the ...

A conveyor belt of ocean water that loops the planet and regulates global temperatures could be heading for a tipping point.

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Iceland has designated the potential collapse of a major Atlantic Ocean current system a national security concern and an existential threat, enabling its government to ...

There's an underwater conveyor belt flowing through the Atlantic that keeps Europe warm and regulates climate across the globe. Yet this enormous system might be heading toward a breaking point. The ...

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC, is like a giant ocean conveyor belt that moves warm water from the tropics to the northern Atlantic, with the Gulf Stream playing a key role, ...