Earlier studies about the AMOC collapse drew comparisons to the scientifically inaccurate 2004 disaster movie "The Day After Tomorrow," which used such an ocean ... to the North Atlantic, where ...

New research from an international group looking at ancient sediment cores in the North Atlantic has for the first time shown ...

North Atlantic Oscillation contributes to the subpolar North Atlantic cooling in the past century. Climate Dynamics , 2023; DOI: 10.1007/s00382-023-06847-y Cite This Page : ...

The weakening of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is boosting the sea level along the New England coast ...

The study, titled "Deep ocean cooling and freshening from Subpolar North Atlantic reaches Subtropics at 26.5°N," was published March 26, 2025, in the journal Nature Communications, Earth ...

As ocean currents slow, the amount of salt reaching the North Atlantic may decrease, making it harder for already-diluted surface waters to sink. "When you have a strong AMOC, it draws in salty ...

In the movie “The Day After Tomorrow,” the Atlantic Ocean ... between the air and ocean called air-sea fluxes. If the AMOC strengthens, more heat is transported north and released in the ...

A vital system of Atlantic Ocean currents that influences weather ... hemisphere and the tropics and distributes it in the cold North Atlantic. The colder, saltier water then sinks and flows ...

As the rest of the planet has warmed since the 20th century—less in the tropics, more near the poles—temperatures in this patch of ocean have ... But in the North Atlantic, there’s one ...

A cold blob of water in the North Atlantic is an ominous sign that a system of currents that regulate the planet's climate could be weakening.