A team of researchers reconstructed this critical ocean circulation system — called the Atlantic ... “I think about migration patterns of people, climate refugees, agriculture and disease.” These dire ...

Ocean circulation also serves as the mediator between large-scale ... Analysis suggested that the occurrence, magnitude, timing, and spatial pattern of the blooms were controlled by two factors: ...

A new study of satellite imagery and high-resolution climate model data by scientists at the University of Rochester upends previous assumptions and provides insight about how the atmosphere and ocean ...

Areas near the coast were pummeled by seasonal monsoons, but ocean-circulation patterns kept the isolated and vast interior warm and dry. Even the Poles were ice-free. The Tethys Ocean filled the ...

New research suggests it is unlikely NASA’s plans to obtain samples from Enceladus' liquid oceans will provide clear evidence ...

New research uncovers unexpected ways atmospheric winds impact ocean eddies, influencing ocean weather patterns with greater ...

In addition, movement of continental land masses through the processes of plate tectonics can shift the flow of water, altering ocean currents and circulation patterns. As Earth's precession and ...

Could ocean currents ensure that global warming continues even after we have reached carbon-neutrality?  One of the concepts ...

Some theories suggest that changes in ocean circulation due to natural variations ... period has to do with large-scale changes in wind patterns over the North Atlantic (Romanova et al.