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North Atlantic 'Cold Blob' Linked to a Weakening Atlantic Ocean Conveyor

Researchers say deep ocean cooling points to reduced northward heat transport driven in part by Greenland meltwater and could change regional weather and sea levels.

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Direct Ocean Data Show Atlantic Overturning Weakening Across the Western North Atlantic

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2mo ago

Tasman Gateway Winds, Not Gateways Alone, Drove the Antarctic Circumpolar Current

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3mo ago

El Niño Odds Rise for Late 2026, Backed by Subsurface Pacific Heat and Wind Shifts

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3mo ago

Forecasts Lift Odds of El Niño by Mid-2026 as Peru Maintains Coastal Niño Alert

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4mo ago

Forecasters Raise El Niño Odds for 2026 as La Niña Fades

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8mo ago

Cores Show Antarctic Circumpolar Current Was Over Three Times Faster and Farther South 130,000 Years Ago

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8mo ago

NASA Study Finds Northern Hemisphere Now Absorbs More Sunlight Than the South

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Antarctic Ice Melt Threatens to Weaken World's Strongest Ocean Current by 2050

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Study Finds Atlantic Ocean Current Unlikely to Collapse This Century

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Atlantic Ocean Current Collapse Unlikely This Century, Study Finds

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Mysterious Beryllium-10 Spike Found in Pacific Ocean Sediments

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Deep Ocean Marine Heatwaves Largely Unreported, New Study Finds

Ocean Currents

North Atlantic 'Cold Blob' Linked to a Weakening Atlantic Ocean Conveyor

New Study Links North Atlantic 'Cold Blob' to a Weakening Ocean Conveyor

Corrected Models Point to AMOC Dropping by About Half by 2100

Scientists Propose Bering Strait Mega-Dam to Stabilize Atlantic Circulation

New Study Projects Atlantic Overturning Current to Halve by 2100

Study Projects Much Sharper Weakening of Atlantic Gulf Stream System by 2100

Studies Find Atlantic Overturning Current Weakening Far Faster Than Expected

Forecasts Raise Odds of 2026 El Niño, With Some Warning of a Strong Event

Direct Ocean Data Show Atlantic Overturning Weakening Across the Western North Atlantic

Tasman Gateway Winds, Not Gateways Alone, Drove the Antarctic Circumpolar Current

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El Niño Odds Rise for Late 2026, Backed by Subsurface Pacific Heat and Wind Shifts

Forecasts Lift Odds of El Niño by Mid-2026 as Peru Maintains Coastal Niño Alert

Forecasters Raise El Niño Odds for 2026 as La Niña Fades

Cores Show Antarctic Circumpolar Current Was Over Three Times Faster and Farther South 130,000 Years Ago

NASA Study Finds Northern Hemisphere Now Absorbs More Sunlight Than the South

Antarctic Ice Melt Threatens to Weaken World's Strongest Ocean Current by 2050

Study Finds Atlantic Ocean Current Unlikely to Collapse This Century

Atlantic Ocean Current Collapse Unlikely This Century, Study Finds

Mysterious Beryllium-10 Spike Found in Pacific Ocean Sediments

Deep Ocean Marine Heatwaves Largely Unreported, New Study Finds

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