As the world warms, melting sea ice will stabilize ocean circulation. The ocean thermohaline circulation, a major transporter of heat around the globe, determines much of our present climate. Because ...

Absent any climate policy, scientists have found a 70 percent chance of shutting down the thermohaline circulation in the North Atlantic Ocean over the next 200 years, with a 45 percent probability of ...

SPECIAL ISSUE NO. 107. Current Advancements in Marine and Coastal Research for Technological and Sociological Applications (SUMMER 2020), pp. 234-237 (4 pages) Published By: Coastal Education & ...

The oceans are mostly composed of warm salty water near the surface over cold, less salty water in the ocean depths. These two regions don't mix except in certain special areas, which creates a large ...

Earth's history is replete with wide-ranging climate changes. Analysis of ice core data from Greenland and Antarctica provide evidence that global temperatures have oscillated no fewer than 20 times ...