How is ventilation at various depth layers of the Atlantic connected and what role do changes in ocean circulation play?

Salt water in the oceans is not the same everywhere; There are water layers that have different salinities and temperatures. The phenomenon of ...

Sofía Barragán-Montilla, Heather J. H. Johnstone, Stefan Mulitza, Dharma A. Reyes Macaya, Babette A. A. Hoogakker, Heiko Pälike: Enhanced ventilation of Eastern North Atlantic Oxygen Minimum Zone with ...

Scientists have identified the Denmark Strait cataract, an underwater waterfall between Greenland and Iceland, as the world's largest. Plunging 11,500 ...

New research offers a rare glimmer of hope for the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), a system of ocean ...

From more frequent wildfires to rising sea levels, climate change is disrupting ecosystems and upending once-stable weather patterns. One particularly alarming consequence of rising global ...

Researchers measuring the salinity of the Southern Ocean did find unexpected results, but some online reports got the details ...

Earth's largest waterfall, Denmark Strait cataract, is located in Arctic waters between Iceland and Greenland and is roughly ...

New research shows ocean currents like the AMOC are weakening, causing coastal flooding in the U.S. Northeast to double since ...

In this first glimpse of the "Sea Camp" series from NPR's Short Wave podcast, hear how climate change will significantly shift three-quarters of the ocean's surface currents by the end of the century.

Researchers have uncovered that both ocean currents and atmospheric changes contribute equally to a cold patch in the North ...