Dodging Icebergs and Storms on the Hunt for an Ocean Tipping Point

Scientists fear warming is driving a collapse in the ocean currents that shape climate far and wide. The ice-choked waters ...
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Experts warn ongoing concern with Atlantic Ocean will be direct threat to dozens of nations: 'Consequences for at least 1,000 years to come'

"A huge responsibility for the decision makers of today." Experts warn ongoing concern with Atlantic Ocean will be direct ...

Chaotic 3D currents form multiple microplastic attractors beneath the ocean surface, study finds

The ocean is saturated with microplastics. While we know the location of the great garbage patches, where plastic particles ...

Ocean currents shape fish survival in South Georgia's fjords

Scientists have uncovered how changing ocean currents in South Georgia's fjords could affect the survival of young mackerel ...
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Ocean currents can generate electricity – and our study shows Africa’s seas have some of the strongest

How can open ocean currents generate energy? Ocean currents contain kinetic energy that can be converted to electrical power using turbines. This is similar to offshore wind farms, or wind turbines ...
BGR

Changes In Ocean Currents Could Destroy The Planet, New Study Suggests

A new study published this month has highlighted the growing dangers of changes in ocean currents. According to this new research, weaker circulation in the ocean currents could actually enhance the ...
E&E

Climate change may accelerate world’s most powerful ocean current

The world’s largest and most powerful ocean current may grow even stronger as the planet warms, scientists say. And that could make Antarctica’s ice melt even faster. In fact, there’s evidence that’s ...
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Climate scientists warn Nordic ministers of changing Atlantic Ocean current

FILE PHOTO: People look out to the Atlantic ocean from Slea Had in Ventry COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - More than 40 climate scientists are urging Nordic ministers to prevent global warming from causing a ...
Business Insider

Atlantic Ocean currents may be on the verge of collapse, which could plunge Europe into a deep freeze, a new study shows

The ocean currents in the Atlantic are headed toward a total shut down, a new study shows. If that happens, less heat is exchanged across the globe and Europe could go into a deep freeze. Northwestern ...
AOL

Harnessing Ocean Currents to Power the Future

As global electricity use grows, the strain on traditional energy sources increases. Renewable options like wind and solar have become popular, yet there's a massive, largely untapped resource beneath ...
Los Angeles Times

Scientists warn that a crucial ocean current could collapse, altering global weather

Scientists are sounding the alarm that a crucial component of the planet’s climate system is in gradual decline and could one day reach a tipping point that would radically alter global weather ...
Wired

The Hugely Important Ocean Current You’ve Never Heard Of

If you haven’t heard of it before, you’re about to become intimately familiar with the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. This system of currents—which brings water up the Atlantic from the ...