If a key ocean current collapses it could plunge northern Europe into a big freeze. Now researchers are weighing up a drastic intervention – building a 130-kilometre-wide dam between the US and Russia ...

The straits are not okay. The post Scientists Say Huge Dam Blocking the Bering Strait Could Slow Effects of Climate Change ...

For countless generations, people of the Bering Strait region have relied on the food they harvest from the sea without worrying about harmful algal blooms that threaten seafood eaters in warmer and ...

In a desperate effort to save an ocean current essential for hundreds of millions of people’s quality of life, a radical proposal to dam the Bering Strait has been floated. Before considering the ...

A preliminary study suggests that blocking off the waterway between Russia and Alaska could help the survival of a key system of ocean currents. But there could be potential unforeseen consequences, p ...

‘Audacious’ intercontinental plan to maintain vital ocean currents faces political and environmental obstacles ...

The plan is to build a dam across the Bering Strait to counteract the effects of climate change.

An ocean current called the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation will weaken by 50 percent by 2100. The question is ...