The study is based only on simulated scenarios, but real-world changes happening in Antarctica are already affecting the ...

Warming oceans and melting ice are weakening the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, a key system that regulates global climate. Scientists warn that continued slowdown could trigger abrupt ...

Cracking, creaking ice at the bottom of the world is quietly shaping the future climate you live in. New research from Australian scientists shows that melting Antarctic ice shelves and changing sea ...

Scientists uncover how ancient ocean salt controlled carbon storage and shaped global temperatures at the end of the last ice ...

Climate change has many culprits, from agriculture to transportation to energy production. Now, add another: the deep ocean salty blob. In a study of ancient ocean geochemistry, a Rutgers researcher ...

Scientists say that hidden melting beneath Antarctica’s ice could rapidly reshape sea levels, but they do not know when.

As the UK continues to battle snow and icy conditions this week, scientists have warned that British winters could get even ...

Elisabeth Sikes (left), with Dale Hubbard of Oregon State University, alongside the large coring block used to collect deep-ocean sediment samples during the research cruise. Climate change has many ...

Some regions of the continent have enough ice to push up sea levels by 15 metres if they all melt, but researchers don’t yet fully understand the consequences ...

During the last ice age, the Atlantic Ocean’s powerful current system remained active and continued to transport warm, salty water from the tropics to the North Atlantic despite extensive ice cover ...