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

Researchers have taken a close look at the global ocean's great "conveyor belt," and they don't like what they've found. The Antarctic Circumpolar Current, ...

A report from a European news wire agency on the reversal of an important ocean current has sparked alarm online.

This research informs an argument for stronger whale conservation, Roman said; as whale populations have declined precipitously over the last few centuries, the great whale conveyor belt has weakened.

“We call it the ‘great whale conveyor belt,’” Joe Roman, a University of Vermont biologist and study coauthor, said in a university news release. The study focused on a handful of baleen ...

One of the world’s great geophysical phenomena is the flow of warm water, and associated weather, from the Gulf of Mexico across the Atlantic towards western Europe. This flow is known as the Gulf ...

The Thermohaline Circulation - The Great Ocean Conveyor Belt. Live Science. ... The oceans are mostly composed of warm salty water near the surface over cold, less salty water in the ocean depths.

Researchers have taken a close look at the global ocean's great "conveyor belt," and they don't like what they've found. The Antarctic Circumpolar Current, ...

Whales are the bees of the ocean. That’s a conclusion of new research showing that whales undertake the longest journeys to transport nutrients of any mammal or large animal on Earth, much like ...

“We call it the ‘great whale conveyor belt,’” Joe Roman, a University of Vermont biologist and study coauthor, said in a university news release. The study focused on a handful of baleen ...

Whales are the bees of the ocean. ... and right whales transport more than 3,700 tons of nitrogen each year while migrating along what’s been dubbed the “great whale conveyor belt. ...