Thinner sea ice in the Arctic could eventually have an impact on AMOC, more research is needed to better understand the link between less Arctic sea ice and the AMOC. One of the ocean currents in ...

While it wasn’t a new record low, this year’s sea ice minimum is yet another example of a changed Arctic environment." If the ...

The AMOC, of which the Gulf Stream is a part, is of great importance for the climate in Scandinavia as it transports warm water to high latitudes in the northern hemisphere. How the link between ...

and sea ice, to run simulations on future Arctic warming. Their two simulations included one that allowed the AMOC to slow "under the influence of rising greenhouse gasses," and another that ...

Last month was extreme: Temperatures in parts of the Arctic spiked 36 degrees Fahrenheit, or 20 Celsius, above normal. By the end of the month, sea ice was at its lowest level ever recorded for ...

One particularly important loop in this system is the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC (pronounced ... pumping water onto the Arctic sea ice to thicken it and “brightening ...

Map depicting the direction that the AMOC ... Arctic, which slows down the rate of warming." Despite this potential benefit, the study highlights ongoing concerns for Arctic ecosystems. As sea ice ...

The Arctic Ocean is mostly enclosed by the coldest ... drives extremes “because it links the chain of events, from sea ice loss, freshwater influx through ocean currents to the atmospheric ...

How the link between reduced Arctic sea ice and a weakening of the AMOC may develop in the future is something the researchers now want to study more closely. Fact box: The Gulf Stream and the ...