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

The ocean is continuously ventilated when surface waters sink and transport, for example, oxygen and carbon to greater depths ...

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 ...

Warming oceans and melting ice are weakening the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, a key system that regulates global climate. Scientists warn that continued slowdown could trigger abrupt ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Rising global temperatures are reducing Arctic Ocean sea ice, and new research has explored the connection between that melting ice and changing water circulation patterns that can impact weather ...

During the last ice age, the Atlantic Ocean’s powerful current system remained active and continued to transport warm, salty water from the tropics to the North Atlantic despite extensive ice cover ...