A warming climate doesn't just affect dry land — it affects the ocean, too. For years, Earth's ocean has acted as a heat sink ...

A map of the ocean currents in the Atlantic. These ocean currents are weakening due to a "warming hole" in the waters southeast of Greenland. (Image credit: Adapted from PeterHermesFurian, via ...

An AMOC collapse would usher in global weather and climate shifts — including plunging temperatures in Europe, which relies on the current system for its mild conditions.

Chantal was a tropical depression over North Carolina Sunday afternoon Eastern time, the National Hurricane Center said in ...

A vital system of Atlantic Ocean currents that influences weather across the world could collapse as soon as the late 2030s, scientists have suggested in a new study — a planetary-scale disaster ...

A new study suggests the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation has not weakened since the 1960s — but there's no doubt the circulation will slow in the future, experts say.

A map of the ocean currents in the Atlantic. (Image credit: Peter Hermes Furian via Shutterstock) Other regions would feel the effects, too, the scientists said.

A current system in the Atlantic Ocean that's crucial for regulating the world's weather and ecosystems might be more stable against climate change than previously thought, according to a new ...

A vital system of Atlantic Ocean currents that influences weather across the world could collapse as soon as the late 2030s, scientists have suggested in a new study — a planetary-scale disaster ...

By Angela Dewan and Angela Fritz, CNN (CNN) — A vital system of Atlantic Ocean currents that influences weather across the world could collapse as soon as the late 2030s, scientists have ...