The Icelandic government has declared the possible collapse of a major Atlantic Ocean current a national security risk.

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Iceland has classified the potential collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation as a national security and ...

Scientists modeled Europe's future if a key Atlantic current were to collapse and found that the continent faces a much drier future. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Iceland has designated the potential collapse of a major Atlantic Ocean current system a national security concern and an existential threat, enabling its government to ...

A new study, by scientists from the University of Southampton and National Oceanography Centre (NOC), implies that the global climate is on the verge of broad-scale change that could last for a number ...