Antarctica's remote and mysterious current has a profound influence on the climate, food systems and Antarctic ecosystems. Can we stop it weakening by 2050?

As global electricity use grows, the strain on traditional energy sources increases. Renewable options like wind and solar ...

Paleoceanography of the eastern equatorial Pacific over the past 4 million years and the geologic origins of modern Galápagos upwelling An isolated, volcanic archipelago at the confluence of several ...

This causes major changes to the density structure of the ocean. It counteracts the influence of ocean warming, leading to an overall slowdown in the current of as much as 20% by 2050. Far ...

Scientists have warned that Earth's strongest ocean current is slowing down due to climate change, with potentially disastrous consequences. The Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) transports ...

Scientists are increasingly worried about a potential slowdown of the major Atlantic ocean current. Now we know it would ...

Ocean currents are essential to global heat transport, atmosphere cycle regulation, temperature, and climate patterns. Particularly, the currents flowing along the western boundaries of the major ...

The Southern Ocean, which circles the globe without being blocked by land, is home to the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), the longest of the world's ocean currents. Also known as the "channel ...

The Dominican Republic beach where UPitt student Sudkisha Konanki vanished last week is known for unpredictable currents and is located near the end of a protective coral reef.

Baker said if ocean current systems are weakened, it likely will alter global rainfall patterns ... themselves, confirming a weaker AMOC would have major climate impacts. The study does not ...