Is a key ocean current system slowing down? A new study adds to the debate
A team of researchers reconstructed a critical ocean current system — called the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, ...
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'Lost City' deep in the Atlantic is like nothing else we've ever seen on Earth
The rocky, towering landscape is located west of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge mountain range, hundreds of metres below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, and consists of massive walls, columns and ...
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Scientist warns of changes in the Atlantic Ocean
Our global landscape, separated by oceans as we know ... with the disappearance of the Atlantic Ocean a possibility? Click on to discover the odds of the Atlantic Ocean becoming a distant memory.
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The oldest animal ever found could reveal whether a crucial ocean current will collapse
Experts have long known that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC — the system of ocean currents that transports heat and salt between the southern and northern hemispheres ...
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The Atlantic Ocean may start shrinking
The Atlantic Ocean may begin to shrink, said a new study published in the journal Geology. Oceans are not necessarily a permanent fixture on Earth, as they are able to appear and close due to the ...
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Critical ocean current has not declined in the last 60 years
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) has not slowed down since the mid-20th century based on the North Atlantic air-sea heat fluxes over that time. This finding contrasts with ...
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Microplastic in Atlantic Ocean 'could weigh 21 million tonnes'
There are 12-21 million tonnes of tiny plastic fragments floating in the Atlantic Ocean, scientists have found. A study, led by the UK's National Oceanography Centre, scooped through layers of the ...