Weather satellites are not only used to forecast the weather: they also provide valuable information about ocean currents. By observing their thermal images, scientists have identified the ...
A gradual northward shift in the Gulf Stream has provided more evidence that the system of currents that keeps Europe warm is weakening. What’s more, modelling suggests that any abrupt shift in the ...
The Atlantic’s great conveyor belt of heat and salt, long treated as a background feature of the climate system, is suddenly at the center of an urgent scientific argument. A growing body of research ...