Water that is rich in nutrients and cold rises to the surface by upwelling. As a result, there frequently is a massive upwelling off the coast of Peru, which supports an active fishing industry.

Productivity fuels life in the ocean, drives its chemical cycles, and lowers atmospheric carbon dioxide. Nutrient uptake and export interact with circulation to yield distinct ocean regimes.

Climate change is depleting vital ocean nutrients, disrupting marine ecosystems, and threatening food webs, a new study finds ...

How fast the level of atmospheric carbon dioxide — and with it, the temperature — goes up matters for the ability of humans and ecosystems to adjust. A slower increase gives humans time to move away ...

The thermal inertial of the climate system is in the ocean, so understaning the physics governing the storage of heat by the ocean and the movement of heat and other properties by currents is ...

A current system in the Atlantic Ocean that's crucial for regulating the world's weather and ecosystems might be more stable ...

In the Atlantic Ocean, a system of connected currents, called the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC ... moisture, and nutrients, but regulates the Earth's climate and weather.

Scientists say there is a high chance that key Atlantic Ocean currents will weaken over the coming decades due to climate change — but whether they have already slowed is hotly debated. Now, a new ...

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC, is part of a larger “global conveyor belt” that circulates warm and nutrient ... global network of ocean currents is not a fast ...

A new study suggests the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation has not weakened since the 1960s — but there's no doubt the circulation will slow in the future, experts say.

In the Atlantic Ocean, a system of connected currents, called the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC ... moisture, and nutrients, but regulates the Earth's climate and weather.