SHREVEPORT, La. – A Founding Father of the United States of America became the first person in the world to map the Gulf Stream and even described the latitudes and directions of the mighty current.

The three most prominent are the Gulf Stream, Agulhas, and Kuroshio. Seafarers have known about the Gulf Stream—the Atlantic ...

Related: Gulf Stream could be veering toward irreversible collapse, a new analysis warns But human-caused climate change may push the AMOC to a critical tipping point sooner rather than later ...

Over the last 20 years, the Gulf Stream has warmed faster than the global oceans and shifted closer to the shore, increasing the likelihood that the tropical ocean current could suddenly impact U ...

This, they say, has diluted the denser salty water and less has been sinking. If the process stopped altogether, they say, it would weaken the Gulf Stream, disrupting the world's weather patterns.

At beginning of the industrial age, Benjamin Franklin charts Gulf Stream currents in Atlantic Ocean, which average 4 mph. In 1768, he becomes aware of the Gulf Stream and next year maps it. By ...

New research warns that the collapse of air currents intertwined with the Gulf Stream could happen as soon as 2025, leaving "severe impacts on the climate in the North Atlantic region." ...

As anyone who has seen 'The Day After Tomorrow' can attest, the world would look dramatically different if the Gulf Stream gave way. In the 2004 blockbuster film starring Jake Gyllenhaal, an ...

Researchers from University College London have discovered that the Gulf Stream - a vital current of warm water ... Interactive map reveals what the climate will look like in your city in 60 years.

A new study published Tuesday in the journal Nature, found that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Current – of which the Gulf Stream is a part – could collapse around the middle of the ...

A 21-year-old Florida free diver was caught in the powerful Gulf Stream current, which swept him into shark-infested waters – before his elated family found him several hours later amid shrieks ...