The state of “current” affairs is not good. An Atlantic current that’s key for maintaining the climate could collapse sooner ...

Scientists now believe that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation could slow much sooner than expected. We will ...

A new study shows that during the last two deglaciations, i.e., the transition from an ice age to the warm interglacial periods, meltwater from the Antarctic ice sheet intensified stratification in ...

A vast ocean current encircling Antarctica—more powerful than all the world’s rivers combined—played a surprisingly complex role in shaping Earth’s climate.

BOISE, Idaho — Scientists across the Pacific Northwest are wrapping up summer research on the status of local glaciers – some of which are melting at record speed and impacting the region. Melting ...

New research provides alarming evidence this ocean circulation is slowing and could be heading toward a shutdown, which would ...

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