A key Atlantic current may collapse this century, potentially impacting temperatures, rainfall, droughts and sea level rise ...

For two decades, instruments bolted to the Atlantic seafloor have recorded the pulse of one of Earth’s most important ocean ...

Among the many reasons why we ought to cut climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions as quickly and sharply as possible, the weakening of a system of ocean currents known as the Atlantic Meridional ...

Ocean sensors detect weakening in Atlantic circulation, highlighting possible long-term effects on climate and marine ...

Scientists are concerned that the Atlantic Ocean’s system of currents could be on the verge of collapse with potentially ...

WASHINGTON — The nightmare scenario of Atlantic Ocean currents collapsing, with weather running amok and putting Europe in a deep freeze, looks unlikely this century, a new study concludes. It's the ...

The system of ocean currents that keeps London milder than Labrador and steers hurricane tracks across the Atlantic is losing ...

The nightmare scenario of Atlantic Ocean currents collapsing, with weather running amok and putting Europe in a deep freeze, looks unlikely this century, a new study concludes. In recent years, ...

The North American Gulf Stream as illustrated with the ECCO model. Download this visualization from NASA Goddard’s Scientific Visualization Studio. Credit: Greg Shirah/NASA’s Scientific Visualization ...

Straits of Florida — At 2 a.m., oceanographer Ryan Smith was headed into his 12th hour of work with little sleep when trouble started. From the rear deck of the University of Miami’s research boat, he ...