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The warming hole might be a sign that Atlantic Ocean currents are slowing down. This network of currents regulates Earth's ...
From the Atlantic to the Pacific, beachgoers are being warned to stay out of the water as a surge of hazardous ocean conditions triggers advisories across U.S. coastlines this week. The National ...
The world’s largest semi-submersible oil rig, the Ocean Ranger, stands in the path of a violent North Atlantic storm. Believed to be “unsinkable,” it vanishes beneath the waves hours later—taking all ...
A simulation on the origin and evolution of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) has been conducted by a PKU research team led by Nie Ji, Associate Professor of the School of Physics; and Hu Yongyun, ...
To stand at the edge of an ocean is to face an eternity of waves ... dwarf any climate impacts yet seen on land. In the U.S. North Atlantic, for example, fisheries data show that in recent years ...
North Atlantic right whales have again been detected near Ocean City, Maryland, prompting the call for boaters to take it slow to be extended until mid-April The Ocean City buoy operated by the ...
McNamara's accomplishment wasn't just about riding a big wave; it highlighted the unique geological formation of the Nazaré Canyon, an underwater trench that funnels and amplifies North Atlantic ...
A new study analyzed nearly four decades of deep ocean observations to reveal significant cooling and freshening of deep water in the Subtropical North Atlantic. The results suggest that warmer ...
On December 12, 1901, Marconi attempted to send the first radio signals across the Atlantic Ocean, in spite of predictions that the radio waves would be lost as the earth curved over that long ...