In two recent studies, researchers suggest a weakening ocean current system is to blame for a persistent cold spot in the ...

Something’s stirring in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) – and a strange “hole” of cold water in the ...

The anomaly, located just south of Greenland, is — perhaps counterintuitively — called the North Atlantic Warming Hole, and ...

A patch of the Atlantic Ocean just south of Greenland is cooling while much of the world warms. The origin of this "cold blob ...

A schematic of the Atlantic ocean circulation, with surface currents in red, deep currents in blue, and winter sea-ice cover in white. NADW denotes North Atlantic Deep Water.

These powerful currents can push warm surface water down deeper or lift deep cold water up, causing rapid temperature changes. Eddies can travel a long distance before dissipating, carrying bodies ...

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.

cold tongue: A band of conspicuously cold surface waters about 1,000 km wide, ... where a warm current rises into a cool area, and a cool current descends to take its place.

Climate change may actually accelerate ocean currents Warming is making surface currents shallower and faster Date: April 20, 2022 Source: University of California - San Diego ...

For more than a century, a patch of cold water south of Greenland has resisted the Atlantic Ocean's overall warming, fueling ...

When eddy currents spin one way, they can send heat to the depths. When they spin another, they can bring cold water towards the surface. olrat/Shutterstock What does this mean for ocean life?

But even as ocean temperatures climb, extremely cold upwelling events — when strong winds and ocean currents bring pockets of cold water up to the surface, replacing the warm water that was ...