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 ...

A new Australian study has found the deep ocean circulation that forms around Antarctica could be headed for collapse over the next three decades, bringing with it significant implications for the ...

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, also known as the AMOC, is a system of deep ocean currents that function as Earth's central heating system. It sends warm water north and cold ...

Last weekend, the first GEOMAR expedition of the year set sail: on board the research vessel METEOR, an international team of scientists set off from Belém, Brazil, to Mindelo, Cabo Verde. The aim of ...

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, also known as the AMOC, is a system of deep ocean currents that acts as the Earth’s central heating system. It sends warm water north and cold ...

Analysis of global climate patterns from past 1.5 million years reveal links between ocean circulation and climate changes.

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 ...

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 ...