The Trump administration is moving to dismantle an ocean observation system consisting of more than 900 instruments in the ...

An ocean current called the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation will weaken by 50 percent by 2100. The question is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ocean currents contain kinetic energy that can be converted to electrical power using turbines. This is similar to offshore wind ...

The $368 million network of instruments collecting data in both the Atlantic and Pacific has been critical to climate and ...

Oceans all over the world rely on a delicate balance of different elements to remain stable. Temperature, salinity, pH, and pressure all combine to create the complex bodies of water that maintain ...

A team of NASA and university scientists has developed a new way to use satellite measurements to track changes in Atlantic Ocean currents, which are a driving force in global climate. The finding ...

A subpolar gyre is a large-scale ocean current system located at high latitudes created by a persistent region of low atmospheric pressure. These gyres circulate water in a cyclonic direction – ...

Climate scientists are increasingly studying the possibility of an Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) ...

Peer-reviewed analysis published Tuesday in Nature Communications estimated that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), of which the better known Gulf Stream is a part, could collapse ...

Scientists say there is a high chance that key Atlantic Ocean currents will weaken over the coming decades due to climate change — but whether they have already slowed is hotly debated. Now, a new ...