Scientists are again examining the strength of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, the vast ocean system that ...
New research from the University of Copenhagen suggests that volcanic eruptions during the Ice Age may have triggered sudden climate change by disrupting the Atlantic Meridional Overturning ...
Scientists warn that the weakening of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, linked to the Gulf Stream, could trigger severe global disruptions.
One of the ocean's saltiest regions has become 30 per cent less salty - sparking fears the Gulf Stream could be inching closer to a catastrophic collapse.
It’s part of the scenario in “The Day After Tomorrow,” but scientists differ over whether or how fast it may occur. A team ...
Ice-sheet melt temporarily intensified Southern Ocean stratification between ice ages and warmer interglacial periods, thus slowing global ocean circulation as a team lead by the Max Planck Institute ...
A growing body of peer-reviewed research and recent preprints points to statistical warning signs that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, the ocean conveyor belt that includes the Gulf ...
Scientists have expressed growing concern over a major Atlantic current that could collapse and send northern Europe into the ...
The Atlantic Ocean's 'conveyer belt' might be slowing down - and scientists are rushing to figure out why.