Something may be stirring in the world’s largest oceanic current. New research suggests that this vast conveyor belt of cold ...

A new study analyzing chemical traces in the growth rings of clam shells reinforces growing concerns about the stability of a ...

An analysis of clam shells suggests the North Atlantic subpolar gyre has had two periods of destabilization over the past 150 ...

As the planet warms, it risks crossing catastrophic tipping points: thresholds where Earth systems, such as ice sheets and ...

Ancient clam shells reveal Atlantic Ocean currents are becoming dangerously unstable, approaching critical climate tipping ...

"All weather and climate are regulated by the ocean. This mission will give us another tool we need to achieve real understanding." - Rutgers U.

Meandering ocean currents play an important role in the melting of Antarctic ice shelves, threatening a significant rise in sea levels. Meandering ocean currents play an important role in the melting ...

Paul Myers emphasizes the necessity for very high-resolution computer models to effectively understand how ocean currents ...

According to mission co-lead Scott Glenn, the experiment marks a “historic moment for ocean science. We’re deploying a robot ...

The Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) is Earth's largest oceanic current, circling around Antarctica from west to east in ...

(THE CONVERSATION) As the planet warms, it risks crossing catastrophic tipping points: thresholds where Earth systems, such as ice sheets and rain forests, change irreversibly over human lifetimes.