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 ...

The climate fiction movie The Day After Tomorrow, released in 2004, popularized the devastating effects of sudden climate ...

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

The Atlantic Ocean's 'conveyer belt' might be slowing down - and scientists are rushing to figure out why.

A new study has concluded that the collapse of a "prominent and powerful" ocean current would have serious impacts on Europe. This marks the first time researchers have tested multiple climate ...

Scientists are tracking if the Florida Current is slowing down, consequences of which could be disastrous globally, changing rain patterns in Africa and Southeast Asia, spreading disease to new popula ...

Findings from a new study suggest a scenario wherein melting of the West Antarctic ice sheet could briefly delay the breakdown of a major system of ocean currents that shapes water circulation in the ...

(CNN) — Iceland’s relatively mild climate is shaped by a crucial network of currents that winds its away around the Atlantic Ocean transporting heat northward — without it, the island would be much ...

Scientists say the collapse of AMOC could plunge Iceland into extreme winter temperatures.

A look into Eath's history shows that the ice-sheet melt temporarily intensified Southern Ocean stratification ...