A study published in PNAS found that continued infusion of freshwater ice melt into the ocean could throw a global ocean climate circulation system off balance. (Courtesy of TiPES/HP) (CN) --- A ...

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), an ocean current system that transports heat from the tropics to the ...

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It is being hailed as a sea change in scientific understanding of the global ocean circulation system and how it will respond as the world heats up. A doomsday scenario involving the collapse of the ...

In Bergen, Maaike Zwier analyzed pollen in sediment cores from lakes on Kerguelen Islands and South Georgia. In this way, she can say something about the local climate going back almost 12,000 years.

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. It is being hailed as a sea change in scientific understanding of the global ocean ...

Running AMOC: the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation delivers warm water to northern parts of the Atlantic. (Courtesy: R Curry/CC BY 3.0) Warming in the tropical Indian Ocean could strengthen ...

Scientists are keenly aware that global ocean circulation continues to slow down and warning signs are beginning to point to what the world will look like in the decades to come. Researchers at the ...