Far below the ocean’s surface, a hidden circulation system quietly shapes life on Earth. Dense “deep ocean water” formed in ...

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is the system of currents responsible for shuttling warm water ...

The Oceanography Society (TOS) has awarded the Ocean Observing Team Award to the Global Ocean Ship-Based Hydrographic ...

Thinner sea ice in the Arctic could eventually have an impact on AMOC, more research is needed to better understand the link between less Arctic sea ice and the AMOC. One of the ocean currents in the ...

There's an underwater conveyor belt flowing through the Atlantic that keeps Europe warm and regulates climate across the globe. Yet this enormous system might be heading toward a breaking point. The ...

To create accurate climate models, scientists need to understand how long conditions persist in the ocean. A new study led by scientists from the University of Liverpool analyzed the “memory” of the ...

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The discovery in northern Japan indicates that ocean circulation across the North Pacific was more interconnected than ...

The paper found that the water in the Southern Ocean has unexpectedly been getting saltier over the last 10 years, a reversal of a trend measured since roughly the 1970s. Its main author told Snopes ...