Thermohaline circulation, the large-scale movement of surface water through the world’s ocean basins, in latitudes near the poles is sensitive to temperature but even more so to salinity, so the ...

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 ...

If global warming shuts down the thermohaline circulation in the North Atlantic Ocean, the result could be catastrophic climate change. The environmental effects, models indicate, depend upon whether ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The oceans are mostly composed of warm salty water near the surface over cold, less salty water in the ocean depths. These two ...

Thermohaline circulation refers to the global system of ocean currents driven by variations in water density, itself controlled by temperature (thermo) and salinity (haline). This “global conveyor ...

Earth's history is replete with wide-ranging climate changes. Analysis of ice core data from Greenland and Antarctica provide evidence that global temperatures have oscillated no fewer than 20 times ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American If you look at a map of the world and draw a ...