Shifts in the Gulf Stream could help researchers predict the human-driven failure of a huge system of ocean currents known as ...

A sudden northward jump in the Gulf Stream’s path near Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, could give scientists roughly 25 years of advance warning before the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ...

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The retreat of ice in the Barents Sea could be strengthening a key ocean current that regulates global climate.

Models show that as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation gets weaker, the Gulf Stream will drift northwards. There ...

With Hurricane Erin's potential impact on the East Coast by way of possible rip currents, it's important to know how to identify rough surf and stay safe in the water. According to AccuWeather ...

Straits of Florida — At 2 a.m., oceanographer Ryan Smith was headed into his 12th hour of work with little sleep when trouble started. From the rear deck of the University of Miami’s research boat, he ...

A subpolar gyre is a large-scale ocean current system located at high latitudes created by a persistent region of low atmospheric pressure. These gyres circulate water in a cyclonic direction – ...

As the planet warms, it risks crossing catastrophic tipping points: thresholds where Earth systems, such as ice sheets and rainforests, change irreversibly over human lifetimes. Melting ice sheets in ...