Northern Europe's radiator: Volcanic eruptions in the past may have pushed ocean currents toward collapse

New research from the University of Copenhagen suggests that volcanic eruptions during the Ice Age may have triggered sudden ...

Why changes in a Florida ocean current could wreak havoc worldwide

It’s part of the scenario in “The Day After Tomorrow,” but scientists differ over whether or how fast it may occur. A team ...

African climate science policy has a serious blind spot: The slowing Atlantic circulation

The climate fiction movie The Day After Tomorrow, released in 2004, popularized the devastating effects of sudden climate ...
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Understanding how a warming climate might affect a crucial ocean current

Europe is the fastest-warming continent, and in 2026, there are big concerns about climate change driving more extreme weather and health impacts for those of us who live here. This week, an arctic ...

One of the ocean's saltiest regions is freshening: What it means for circulation

The southern Indian Ocean off the west coast of Australia is becoming less salty at an astonishing rate, largely due to ...
CNN

Why the weirdest sea level changes on Earth are happening off the coast of Japan

Chris Mooney is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and a CNN Climate contributor. He is currently a professor of practice in the Environmental Institute at the University of Virginia. Bathtubs and ...