The Gulf Stream is a giant river of warm water running through the Atlantic and has quietly been keeping the world stable for ...

The Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), a massive swirling ocean current which is five times stronger than the Gulf Stream, could be on the brink of collapse ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Ocean currents that make up the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation could start to ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A sprawling, slow-moving system of ocean currents circulating in the Atlantic that help regulate the earth’s temperature is set to deliver a blob of warmer, ...

A massive spinning ocean current five times stronger than the Gulf Stream could collapse sparking a global environmental ...

A new study projects that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC)—the system of currents that includes the Gulf Stream—could shut down after 2100 under high-emission scenarios. This ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Amazon River flows for more than 4,100 miles (6,600 km); within its hundreds of tributaries ...

Researchers have suggested that the Gulf Stream, a major Atlantic current with wide-ranging effects on climate may have shifted centuries ago based on testing of a stalagmite in Leamington Caves. A ...