There's an underwater conveyor belt flowing through the Atlantic that keeps Europe warm and regulates climate across the ...

Scientists modeled Europe's future if a key Atlantic current were to collapse and found that the continent faces a much drier ...

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 ...

A series of ocean currents in the Atlantic drive heat northward and control much of the world’s weather. Scientists believe the current — called the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or ...

Blooms of yellowish-brown seaweed along the Equator are breaking records and defiling beaches, while a centuries-old patch farther north is disappearing.