In the 2004 film "The Day After Tomorrow," a climatologist played by Dennis Quaid warns world leaders about a rapid climate shift. The key factor is an ocean current system called the Atlantic ...

The collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC)—the engine that drives our oceans—would probably reduce average air temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere by around 40 degrees ...

A major Atlantic ocean current -- the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC -- may have been losing stability in the course of the last century, according to new research. A potential ...

A crucial system of currents in the Atlantic Ocean that helps control temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere and has implications for the entire planet’s weather systems is showing signs of ...

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) may have been losing stability in the course of the last century, a new study by Niklas Boers, published in Nature Climate Change suggests. The ...

(CN) — A crucial system of currents in the Atlantic Ocean is displaying early signs of collapse, according to a new study published Thursday in the journal Nature Climate Change. The study warns that ...

Scientists have discovered a new way in which ocean water circulates through deep-sea vents. Zigzagging some 60,000 kilometers across the ocean floor, Earth’s system of mid-ocean ridges plays a ...