The melting of Antarctica's sea ice has had severe consequences for the Southern Ocean already, from the loss of its habitats ...

Ocean currents are important because they transport water and nutrients in addition to controlling the Earth’s climate. While currents on the ocean’s surface are fairly easy to measure and ...

A patch of the Atlantic Ocean just south of Greenland is cooling while much of the world warms. The origin of this "cold blob ...

Research ships rarely brave the Greenland Sea in winter. Early this year, scientists ventured into the ice-covered waters to ...

Large sea anchors could be used to drag water under a bold plan to keep the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ...

This deep ocean current has remained in a relatively stable state for thousands of years, ... La Niña, a natural cooling of sea water in the tropical Pacific Ocean, ...

Deep water circulation kicks off at the polar extremes. In the southern Antarctic seas, freezing seawater relinquishes its salt, causing the water around it to grow heavy. Cold as ice and far saltier ...

A sudden salinity spike in the Southern Ocean is accelerating Antarctic ice loss and triggering a dangerous climate feedback ...

The deep-water flows which drive ocean currents could decline by 40% by 2050, a team of Australian scientists says. The currents carry vital heat, oxygen, carbon and nutrients around the globe.

In this future projection, cold, fresh melt water from Antarctica migrates north, filling the deep ocean as it goes. This causes major changes to the density structure of the ocean.

Vital ocean current is unlikely to completely shut down this ... The AMOC brings warm water north from the tropics near the surface and takes cool water in the opposite direction in the deep ocean.