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

The Atlantic is emerging as one of the most fragile pressure points in the climate system, with several new lines of research ...

Iceland has quietly taken a historic step, issuing its first national security alert tied not to war or terrorism but to the ...

Iceland has classified the potential collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation as a national security and ...

The Icelandic government has declared the possible collapse of a major Atlantic Ocean current a national security risk.

A new study co-authored by Yale climate scientist Alexey Fedorov offers intriguing possibilities about the future of Arctic warming through the end of this century. For the study, published in the ...

Recently, the journal “Science China Earth Sciences” published a study led by Dr. Wang Huan (Sichuan Normal University) and Professor Zuo Zhiyan (Fudan University). Based on modern observations, ...

Now this could be something to really worry about. Such a collapse could trigger rapid weather and climate changes in the U.S., Europe and elsewhere. If it were to happen, it could bring about an ice ...

Among the many reasons why we ought to cut climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions as quickly and sharply as possible, the weakening of a system of ocean currents known as the Atlantic Meridional ...

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 ...