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

Tim Kalvelage is a freelance journalist in Bremen, Germany. His reporting was supported by the FRONTIERS journalism programme, which is funded by the European Research Council. The council, which also ...

Fresh water from melting Antarctic ice is projected to weaken the world’s most powerful ocean current by 20 percent in the next quarter century, an international team of scientists concluded in a ...

In the 2004 film 'The Day After Tomorrow', most of Earth's northern hemisphere is smothered in a blanket of snow when Earth's system of ocean currents collapses. Although consigned to the world of sci ...

Farming in the UK would become more difficult if climate change wreaks havoc on ocean currents. (PA) The UK could face dramatically colder temperatures as climate change wreaks havoc on ocean currents ...

Previous AMOC studies relied on sea surface temperature data. A CTD rosette device measures the ocean’s conductivity, temperature, and depth by collecting water samples at varying depths, makingmodels ...

Melting ice sheets are slowing the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), the world's strongest ocean current, researchers have found. This melting has implications for global climate indicators, ...

Discover how the Coriolis effect shapes weather patterns across the globe, including ocean currents and a hurricane’s spin.

Investments supported by the Gulf Research Program (GRP) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are transforming our knowledge of the Loop Current, the dominant physical ...