It takes the reader seamlessly from the basics to the frontiers of knowledge, from the equations of motion to modern theories of the general circulation of the atmosphere and ocean. These concepts are ...

Low atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations during glacial periods must have been accompanied by changes in surface-ocean carbonate ... such as general-circulation models. If the general ...

Ocean currents are continuous movements of water in the Earth’s oceans. They are driven by both wind and thermohaline circulation ... similar to how winds in the atmosphere blow along isobars ...

Undergraduates in the Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences major will develop an understanding of the fundamental physics and chemistry governing the ocean and atmosphere. The major engages students in a ...

A research team led by the University of Liverpool has found that the North Atlantic Ocean has a memory of approximately one ...

This fresh meltwater flowing into the subarctic ocean is lighter than salty seawater. So less water descends to the ocean ...

Reacting to these findings, Dr. Stefan Rahmstorf – who has been studying the AMOC for years – says that the world must expect a faster decline than the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on ...

A recent paper in National Science Review by an international team of scientists explores how future warming in different ...

Changing the ocean’s chemical and biological makeup could force it to pull vast amounts of planet-warming carbon from the ...

Christa Maradino from Germany and William Miller from the US help us understand the science community’s latest understanding of the changing climate that is impacting oceans.