The AMOC is driven, by differences in water temperatures and salinity, but climate change could disrupt that balance.

The AMOC essentially acts as a very slow conveyor belt circulating warm water north and cool water south. As the National ...

Some of us no doubt remember the 2004 disaster film “The Day After Tomorrow,” in which the collapse of the Atlantic Ocean’s currents led to an ice-covered Northern Hemisphere in a matter of days.

In May of this year, satellites captured a staggering view from space: 37.5 million metric tons of floating brown seaweed ...

Since 2011, a monstrous structure has taken shape in the Atlantic Ocean almost every year, sprawling from the West African ...

Underneath Antarctica’s vast ice sheet lies one of the planet’s greatest mysteries. What would happen if every last piece of ...

The delicate balance that has allowed life to flourish here on our little planet has not been completely discovered elsewhere.

Can technology save the poles? A new study says no - five proposed fixes to halt polar ice melt fail on cost, risk, and ...

Chief Scientist, Australian Antarctic Division and Professor of Climate Science, Australian National University Nerilie Abram received funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC). Ariaan Purich ...

The National Hurricane Center is monitoring a tropical wave off the coast of Africa. Will it impact North Carolina? See location ...