The concept of thermohaline circulation might sound like a complex term from a science textbook, but it plays a crucial role in our planet’s climate system. Sometimes referred to as the ...

The research team estimated through the use of statistical tools and ocean temperature data spanning 150 years, that the ocean current system known as the Thermohaline Circulation or the Atlantic ...

The global conveyor belt of ocean currents, aka 'thermohaline circulation.' (Image: NASA) By regulating polar heat, sea ice also affects weather worldwide. That's because the oceans and air act as ...

See All Key Ideas The ocean’s thermohaline circulation, a system of various ocean currents and water-mass conveyors, is crucial for distributing heat, salinity, minerals, dissolved gases ...

The scenario depicted in the film ‘The Day After Tomorrow’, in which global warming triggers a new ice-age in the Northern hemisphere is unlikely to happen according to new scientific data. The latest ...

The device they built creates circular currents of water known as eddies that look like small whirlpools that function similarly to the ocean’s much larger thermohaline circulation. This ...

The current system is driven by density and temperature changes — a process scientists call “thermohaline circulation”. As warm water flows northwards, it cools and some evaporates, ...

It is part of a larger global system, called “thermohaline circulation” or the “Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation”, which operates like a large conveyor belt, distributing heat ...

“The configuration of the device allows water to circulate in swirling eddies, in a manner similar to the much larger ‘thermohaline' circulation of the ocean,” the scientists said.