Learn more about the AMOC, why it plays such a vital role in Earth’s climate, and what models suggest may lie ahead.

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is a large-scale and delicate system of ocean currents, responsible ...

The vast system of ocean currents that gives western Europe its mild winters and regulates rainfall across three continents ...

Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas The critical Atlantic current system appears significantly more likely to collapse ...

The state of “current” affairs is not good. An Atlantic current that’s key for maintaining the climate could collapse sooner ...

A key Atlantic current may collapse this century, potentially impacting temperatures, rainfall, droughts and sea level rise among Europe, Africa and the Americas.

Scientists are concerned that the Atlantic Ocean’s system of currents could be on the verge of collapse with potentially widespread consequences. A scientific paper, published last week in Science ...

Vital Atlantic current likely to collapse with catastrophic consequences, scientists warn - The collapse would have catastrophic consequences, plunging Europe into extreme winters and summer droughts ...

Some of the rainiest places on Earth could see their annual precipitation nearly halved if climate change continues to alter the way ocean water moves around the globe. In a new CU Boulder-led study ...

A scheme of the upper-layer circulation of the North Atlantic Ocean. Red=warm currents, blue=cold currents. White boxes 1 to 5 indicate five different areas of analysis where temperature, salinity, ...