A collapse in ocean currents triggered by global warming could be catastrophic, but only now is the Atlantic circulation being properly monitored. Quirin Schiermeier investigates. Henry Ellis, captain ...

The oceans are mostly composed of warm salty water near the surface over cold, less salty water in the ocean depths. These ...

A zonally averaged ocean model for the thermohaline circulation is coupled to a zonally averaged, one-layer energy balance model of the atmosphere to form a climate model for paleoclimate studies. The ...

Sunlight, the ultimate source of all the Earth’s heat, bathes the planet unequally. In equatorial regions, sunlight provides more heat than can radiate into space, and in polar regions more heat ...

Currents are like rivers of water within the ocean. They are driven by several factors, including winds, precipitation, evaporation, and heating and cooling of the ocean. They can flow for thousands ...

Absent any climate policy, scientists have found a 70 percent chance of shutting down the thermohaline circulation in the North Atlantic Ocean over the next 200 years, with a 45 percent probability of ...

There is both good and bad news about the conveyor belt of heat-moving currents in the North Atlantic Ocean. A new study of 17 different climate models concludes that the thermohaline circulation, ...

New research indicates there is a 45 percent chance that the thermohaline circulation in the North Atlantic Ocean could shut down by the end of the century if nothing is done to slow greenhouse gas ...