The AMOC, often referred to as the “great ocean conveyor,” plays a crucial role in regulating global climate. This complex system of currents, which includes the Gulf Stream, transports warm, salty ...

A current key to stabilizing climates across the Atlantic and beyond could be one-third weaker by 2040, a new study has ...

Among all the things that Philadelphians love about the Jersey Shore, the taste of the Atlantic Ocean is not one of them.

Scientists have long sought to understand the Messinian Salinity Crisis. During this ecological catastrophe... | Earth And The Environment ...

AMOC is like a massive ocean circulation conveyor belt that moves warm and cold water around the Atlantic. It's failing, and ...

The Atlantic Ocean is saltier than the Pacific Ocean ... As another example, rising salt levels in the ocean might make it harder for oxygen and nutrients to move between surface and deeper ...

During the Messinian Salinity Crisis (MSC) 5.96 to 5.33 million years ago, the Mediterranean Sea was cut off from the Atlantic Sea, which led to a period ...

A vast network of ocean currents nicknamed the "great global ocean conveyor belt" is slowing down. That's a problem because ...

Recent studies reveal that the Messinian Salinity Crisis led to the Mediterranean Sea becoming a vast salt basin through a ...

A recent study led by a CNRS scientist analyzed the significant drop in the Mediterranean Sea level during the monumental ...