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

Warming oceans and melting ice are weakening the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, a key system that regulates global climate. Scientists warn that continued slowdown could trigger abrupt ...

Salt water in the oceans is not the same everywhere; There are water layers that have different salinities and temperatures. The phenomenon of thermohaline circulation – which results from the ...

A new study indicates that the collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation — which would be a catastrophic climate event — can no longer be considered an unlikely scenario. Scientists ...

Researcher Léon Chafik aboard an oceanographic expedition at the Greenland–Scotland Ridge, with a CTD rosette in the background used to measure temperature, salinity, and other water properties ...

Iceland has classified the potential collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation as a national security and existential risk, marking the first time a climate-driven threat has been ...

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

Rising global temperatures are reducing Arctic Ocean sea ice, and new research has explored the connection between that melting ice and changing water circulation patterns that can impact weather ...

Afloat.ie is Ireland's only full-time marine journalism team and it takes time, money and hard work to produce our content.

Climate change is warming Europe, but scientists are also studying whether a weakened Atlantic current could make Britain ...