Atlantic Ocean current could collapse soon. How you may endure dramatic weather changes. ... it could bring about an ice age in Europe and sea-level rise in cities such as Boston and New York, ...

Global warming caused vital Atlantic Ocean currents to collapse just before the last ice age, a new study suggests. The ...

The Atlantic Ocean currents are slowing down, according to a new study led by a University of Maryland researcher. Specifically, the study found the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ...

In the movie, ocean current systems stopped because of global warming, triggering another Ice Age. But Ditlevsen said, "That's not gonna happen." The principle of it, however, is the same, he said.

image: Ocean quahog clam view more . Credit: Paul Kay. Scientists have used centuries-old clam shells to see how the North Atlantic climate system reached a "tipping point" before the Little Ice Age.

In the movie “The Day After Tomorrow,” the Atlantic Ocean’s main current system is disrupted and sets off a chain of disastrous events from monster storms to an Ice Age across the northern ...

Ditlevsen and his co-author ran their study by looking at sea surface temperature data of the North Atlantic stretching back to 1870, which can help tell us about the historical stability of AMOC.

A major current that runs the length of the Atlantic Ocean and plays an important role in the planet's climate may be approaching a tipping point that would lead to its collapse, researchers have ...

Global warming during the Last Interglacial period caused so much Arctic ice to melt that Atlantic currents collapsed — and scientists say these are the conditions we could be heading toward.