温盐环流（英文：thermohaline circulation、缩写：THC），又称深海洋流、「输送洋流」、「深海环流」等，是一个依靠海水的温度和盐度驱动的全球洋流循环系统。这个系统的运作现况是，以风力驱动的海面水流如墨西哥湾暖流等将赤道的暖流带往北大西洋，暖流在高纬度处被冷却后下沉到海底，这些高密度的水接着流入洋盆南下前往其他的暖洋位加热循环，一次温盐循环耗时大约1600年，在这个过程中洋流运输的不单是能量（温度 / 热能），当中还包括地球固态及气体资源等，不过温盐环流最受人类关注的是其全球恒温的功能。温盐环流推测主要是由于北大西洋及南冰洋之间的盐分及温差对流而触发的。

Thermohaline circulation (THC) is a part of the large-scale ocean circulation that is driven by global density gradients created by surface heat and freshwater fluxes. The adjective thermohaline derives from thermo- referring to temperature and -haline referring to salt content, factors which together determine the density of sea water. Wind-driven surface currents (such as the Gulf Stream) travel polewards from the equatorial Atlantic Ocean, cooling en route, and eventually sinking at high latitudes (forming North Atlantic Deep Water). This dense water then flows into the ocean basins. While the bulk of it upwells in the Southern Ocean, the oldest waters (with a transit time of around 1000 years) upwell in the North Pacific. Extensive mixing therefore takes place between the ocean basins, reducing differences between them and making the Earth's oceans a global system. On their journey, the water masses transport both energy (in the form of heat) and matter (solids, dissolved substances and gases) around the globe. As such, the state of the circulation has a large impact on the climate of the Earth.