A subpolar gyre is a large-scale ocean current system located at high latitudes created by a persistent region of low ...

The Ocean's Global Heat Distribution System One of the most important functions of the ocean is to move heat around the ...

A new paper in Oxford Open Climate Change, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that extensive bleaching and deaths are widespread at several major coral reefs around the world. This ...

Scientists are sounding the alarm that a crucial component of the planet’s climate system is in gradual decline and could one day reach a tipping point that would radically alter global weather ...

A potential collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation could trigger a modern-day ice age, with winter ...

The East/Japan Sea is a complex and dynamic marginal sea whose circulation patterns are governed by a combination of local atmospheric forcing, basin geometry, and exchanges with surrounding margins.

A groundbreaking study in the journal Science, has unveiled how deep ocean currents—known as global overturning circulation—play a pivotal role in shaping the diversity and function of microbial life ...

West-east near-surface current trend between 1993-2022. Blue colors show increased westward currents; red colors show increased eastward currents. The largest trends are observed in the central ...

Bivalves, such as clams, oysters and mussels, record seasonal environmental changes in their shells, making them living chronicles of climate history. A new study of bivalve shells has detected two ...

Iceland has declared the potential collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) a national security threat. This ocean current system helps moderate European winters. Its failure ...

Chunks of ice break off from the Greenland ice sheet in 2017, creating a swarm of icebergs in a fjord. (David Goldman / Associated Press) Scientists are sounding the alarm that a crucial component of ...