A vital system of ocean currents in the Atlantic could collapse within a few decades – an event that would be catastrophic for global weather and “affect every person on the planet.” ...

A new study published today in Nature Climate Change now documents that over the past 20 years, the Gulf Stream has warmed faster than the global ocean as a whole and has shifted towards the coast ...

The Gulf Stream is just a small component of the thermohaline circulation — a global conveyor belt of ocean currents that moves oxygen, nutrients, carbon and heat around the planet, while also ...

The three most prominent are the Gulf Stream, Agulhas, and Kuroshio. Seafarers have known about the Gulf Stream—the Atlantic Ocean's western boundary current—for more than 500 years.

The Gulf Stream system of warm ocean currents could collapse as early as 2025, a scientific study has warned. The end of the system, which drives the Atlantic's currents and determines western ...

An ocean of gyres. The surface flow in the North Atlantic consists of three large gyres. Far south, in the subtropical gyre, the water follows the Gulf Stream northward in a narrow, concentrated band.

Lisa Beal, professor of Ocean Sciences at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School, coordinates with the bridge officer by radio to deploy instrumentation that will monitor the Gulf Stream ...

The three most prominent are the Gulf Stream, Agulhas, and Kuroshio. Seafarers have known about the Gulf Stream—the Atlantic ...

Back in 2004, The Day After Tomorrow might have seemed like nothing more than another far-fetched climate disaster flick. Now, scientists warn this film might soon become a reality.