For decades, scientists have turned to the Labrador Sea to understand how ocean processes there may be affecting the strength of a massive oceanic conveyor belt known as the Atlantic Meridional ...

One of those tipping points relates to the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or the AMOC, a giant oceanic ‘conveyor belt’ that redistributes heat around the planet. The exact ...

A vital Atlantic current that includes the Gulf Stream ... travels back south and picks up heat again, restarting the conveyor belt. (The Gulf Stream is part of this belt.) This release of heat ...