A colossal spinning ocean current five times more powerful than the Gulf Stream could collapse, triggering a worldwide environmental catastrophe, researchers have cautioned. The Antarctic Circumpolar ...

The Gulf Stream is a major ocean current that moves warm surface water from Mexico northward across the Atlantic towards Europe. It's one of the most important natural weather systems, keeping ...

Still, the Gulf Stream's complex and swift currents would make cleanup difficult, said Matthew Upton, president of Roffer’s Ocean Fishing Forecaster Service. The company studies ocean currents and ...

A new study by University of South Florida researchers shows a slowdown in the loop current that funnels warm water into the Atlantic Ocean helped intensify Hurricane Ian in 2022. The current failed ...

A new study projects that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC)—the system of currents that includes the Gulf Stream—could shut down after 2100 under high-emission scenarios. This ...

In this first glimpse of the "Sea Camp" series from NPR's Short Wave podcast, hear how climate change will significantly shift three-quarters of the ocean's surface currents by the end of the century.