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

A vital ocean current system in the Atlantic is showing signs of instability. Scientists warn this could lead to colder ...

AMES, Iowa – Two Iowa State University graduate students are just back from the Gulf of Maine with another big catch of clam shells. Shelly Griffin and Madelyn Mette recently boarded a lobster boat, ...

AMES, Iowa – Alan Wanamaker, working as a postdoctoral researcher from 2007 to 2009, was charged with beginning to compile a 1,000-year record of the marine climate for a spot in the North Atlantic ...

Quahog clams provide evidence that critical North Atlantic Ocean currents may be approaching a “tipping point,” researchers said. Mehdi Benkaci Unsplash Just as tree rings can tell us how old a tree ...

A study of clam shells suggests Atlantic Ocean currents may be approaching a “tipping point”. Scientists studied records of quahog clams (which can live for over 500 years) and dog cockles – because ...

Just as tree rings can tell us how old a tree is and the climate conditions it endured, bivalves like quahog clams and dog cockles can tell a story about the history of the ocean. And they’re telling ...