A zonally averaged ocean model for the thermohaline circulation is coupled to a zonally averaged, one-layer energy balance model of the atmosphere to form a climate model for paleoclimate studies. The ...

The oceans are mostly composed of warm salty water near the surface over cold, less salty water in the ocean depths. These ...

There is both good and bad news about the conveyor belt of heat-moving currents in the North Atlantic Ocean. A new study of 17 different climate models concludes that the thermohaline circulation, ...

Sunlight, the ultimate source of all the Earth’s heat, bathes the planet unequally. In equatorial regions, sunlight provides more heat than can radiate into space, and in polar regions more heat ...

Currents are like rivers of water within the ocean. They are driven by several factors, including winds, precipitation, evaporation, and heating and cooling of the ocean. They can flow for thousands ...

New research indicates there is a 45 percent chance that the thermohaline circulation in the North Atlantic Ocean could shut down by the end of the century if nothing is done to slow greenhouse gas ...

One of the odd possibilities that could emerge from global warming is that much of Europe, robbed of the ocean current patterns that help keep it warm, could rather abruptly enter a deep freeze and ...