In a rapidly changing climate, Atlantic Canada was once an oceanic hot spot. Now, scientists fear it may happen again in the ...
Around 13,000 years ago, as the world was emerging from the grip of the last ice age, much of the North Atlantic region plunged back into near-glacial conditions. Sea ice expanded across the North ...
A new study on the ocean's currents suggests the Gulf Stream, located 200 miles off the shores of Newfoundland and Labrador, may soon reach a tipping point that could affect climates around the world.
Using geochemical analyses of marine sediments, researchers have been able to quantitatively reconstruct the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation over the past 12,000 years. The international ...
A mysterious patch of cooling water in the North Atlantic Ocean, known as the ‘Atlantic Cold Blob’, may be reshaping the ...