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.

A current system in the Atlantic Ocean that's crucial for regulating the world's weather and ecosystems might be more stable against climate change than previously thought, according to a new study ...

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 team of researchers reconstructed a critical ocean current system — called the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC — in computer models and found no evidence of long-term weakening ...

The Arctic Ocean ... circulation appears strongly influenced by the bottom topography (Jones 2001). Pacific Waters exit the Arctic via the Fram Strait and the Canadian Archipelago, their high ...

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.

Researchers will investigate the North Atlantic's proximity to a critical tipping point. The University of Southampton and ...

What is the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, which includes the Gulf Stream ocean current, and why is ... It also distributes nutrients around through this sort of sinking motion ...

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation is a system of ocean currents that brings heat to the Northern Hemisphere. | Credit: NOAA Scientists say there is a high chance that key Atlantic Ocean ...