The Arctic Ocean (Figure 1), the smallest of the world's five major oceans, is about 4000km (2500 miles) long and 2400km (1500 miles) wide, about the size of the continental USA. It lies entirely ...

The circulation system plays a "significant role ... could cool the North Atlantic and north-west Europe and transform some deep-ocean ecosystems. That could also affect temperature-sensitive ...

Human-induced climate change is causing shifts in the world's largest ocean current and westerly wind systems also seen during periods of ice age and warmer intervals in Earth's history, researchers ...

It suggested changes to the conveyor-belt-like Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (Amoc) could cool the ocean and north-west Europe, and affect deep-sea ecosystems. A sensationalised ...

Last weekend, the first GEOMAR expedition of the year set sail: on board the research vessel METEOR, an international team of ...

They are driven by both wind and thermohaline circulation interacting with each ... to return to the surface after filling the deep ocean waters around the whole globe. Coriolis effects act ...

Experts have long known that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ... denser and sinks toward the bottom of the ocean. This deep water then travels south along the seafloor, getting ...

The footage gives scientists and ocean fans a rare glimpse ... “These interactions generate intricate circulation patterns that bring nutrient-rich deep water to the surface, driving high ...

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