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Corrected Models Point to AMOC Dropping by About Half by 2100

The revised outlook narrows uncertainty by correcting long-standing model biases.

Scientists Propose Bering Strait Mega-Dam to Stabilize Atlantic Circulation

New Study Projects Atlantic Overturning Current to Halve 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

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

World's Largest Iceberg Trapped in Spinning Vortex for Months

Scientists Unravel the Mystery of Large Antarctic Sea Ice Hole

Study Reveals Antarctic Circumpolar Current's Key Role in Climate Regulation