The oceans are mostly composed of warm salty water near the surface over cold, less salty water in the ocean depths. These ...

The Denmark Strait cataract is a sloping portion of the seafloor between Iceland and Greenland that funnels cold water from ...

This is sometimes called the global thermohaline circulation because of the variations in temperature (“thermo-”) and salinity (“-haline”) that drive the system. As water flows north ...

Standing tall with a vertical drop of an astonishing 11,500 feet (3,500 meters), it’s over three times the height of the ...

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation is a complex system of ocean currents, including the Gulf Stream, which ...