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 clockwise current that helps to ...

The ocean is a vital part of our planet's climate system. Through its global circulation patterns, the ocean draws vast ...

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.

It's longer than the width of Rhode Island, snakes across the oil fields of the southwest U.S. and crawls at 10 mph – too slow for a truck and too long for a train. Atlas Energy Solutions, a ...