A crucial system of ocean currents may be on course to collapse. This country just declared it a national security threat

Without warm currents from the South Atlantic, Iceland would be much icier and stormier. Now, those currents are at risk of ...

Iceland sees security risk, existential threat in Atlantic Ocean current's possible collapse

Iceland has designated the potential collapse of a major Atlantic Ocean current system a national security concern and an ...
New Scientist on MSN

Rapid melt from Antarctica could help preserve crucial ocean current

Greenland’s melt is expected to slow the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, but research suggests a collapse of the ...
Greek Reporter

Atlantic Ocean Current Collapse Could Trigger Modern Ice Age

Iceland declares Atlantic Ocean current collapse a national security threat as scientists warn it could trigger a modern-day ...

Climate scientists claim Gulf Stream could be near collapse — predicting a new ice age

Climate change could push the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation or AMOC the brink of collapse within decades, ...
Anadolu Agency

Hurricane Melissa a warning sign of ‘warmer seas fueling stronger storms’: Experts

Following Hurricane Melissa’s devastation, climate experts warn that warming oceans mean a future of more powerful and more ...
Grist

As ‘doomsday’ glacier melts, can an artificial barrier save it?

This story was originally published by Yale E360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. They call it the Doomsday Glacier. A chunk of Antarctic ice as big as Florida and two ...
The Dispatch / The Rock Island Argus

Currents can warm, cool climates

Oceans are highly efficient storers of heat. They transport warm or cool water around the earth and have a great impact on climate. Ocean currents are mainly caused by prevailing winds. Water ...
Townhall

Fracturing Thwaites Ice-Shelf — Just a Normal Function of Nature

In case you’ve lost sleep worrying about the latest reports of melting ice in Antarctica, go back to bed and enjoy a good snooze. There’s nothing to the story. Here’s why. University of California, ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Exquisite, rarely seen purple sea snails ride warm currents to San Diego

A tiny, exquisite group of sea creatures rarely seen by humans has made a brief return to San Diego. One of the few people deeply familiar with the species found them while walking her dog at La Jolla ...