Arctic ocean passes ‘irreversible’ chemical tipping point
A new study spanning two decades reveals that the loss of sea ice has triggered an irreversible chemical shift in the Arctic Ocean. By exposing shallow coastal waters to intense…
Collapse of key ocean current would cause carbon feedback
The seas around Antarctica might begin releasing CO2 Nigel Killeen/Getty Images Global warming caused by humanity’s carbon emissions has been slowing the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), a system of…
A Super El Niño is coming. Here’s how a hotter ocean could change the weather near you
Get ready to hear a lot more about El Niño during the next several months — and maybe even longer — as the infamous climate cycle returns again, developing and…
