Evidence of climate change in the North Atlantic can be seen in the deep ocean, study finds
Woods Hole, Mass. (November 17, 2023) –Evidence of climate change in the North Atlantic during the last 1,000 years can ...
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Study clearly identifies nutrients as a driver of the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt
Woods Hole, Mass. (Oct. 11, 2023) -- Under normal conditions, the floating macroalgae Sargassum spp. provide habitat for hundreds of ...
Atmospheric research in the Atlantic to be expanded
Mindelo/Leipzig. The international Cape Verde Atmospheric Observatory (CVAO) is being further expanded: The President of the Republic of Cabo Verde ...
Lancaster University to open first prediction market for Atlantic hurricanes
Researchers at Lancaster University Management School (LUMS) are on a quest to bring together experts to predict hurricane activity in ...
Human emmisions drive changes in north Atlantic ocean temperatures, west African rainfall, hurricanes
A new climate study led by scientists at the University Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science found ...
Past abrupt changes in North Atlantic Overturning have impacted the climate system across the globe
The Dansgaard-Oeschger events are rapid Northern-Hemisphere temperature jumps of up to 15°C in Greenland that repeatedly occurred within a few ...
How a massive North Atlantic cooling event disrupted early human occupation in Europe
A new study published in the journal Science finds that around 1.12 million years ago a massive cooling event in ...
A new, long-term study by researchers at UNC-Chapel Hill finds nitrogen fixation hotspots in Atlantic seaweed
A new study by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill examined nitrogen fixation among diazotrophs—microorganisms that ...
Invasion of the Arctic Ocean by Atlantic plankton species reveals a seasonally ice-free ocean during the last interglacial
A subpolar species associated with Atlantic water expanded far into the Arctic Ocean during the Last Interglacial, analysis of microfossil ...
North Atlantic Oscillation contributes to ‘cold blob’ in Atlantic Ocean
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A patch of ocean in the North Atlantic is stubbornly cooling while much of the planet ...
Gloomy climate calculation: Scientists predict a collapse of the Atlantic ocean current to happen mid-century
Gloomy climate calculation: Scientists predict a collapse of the Atlantic ocean current to happen mid-century. Important ocean currents that redistribute ...
International research team discovers Gulf Stream thermal fronts controlling North Atlantic subtropical mode water formation
Subtropical mode water (STMW) is a vertically homogeneous thermocline water mass, serving as heat, carbon, and oxygen silos in the ...
About 13,000 years ago, the water outflow from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic Ocean was twice that of today’s
About 13,000 years ago, a climate crisis caused a global drop in temperatures in the northern hemisphere. This episode of ...
Indo-Pacific corals more resilient to climate change than Atlantic corals
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — In the face of global warming and other environmental changes, corals in the Atlantic Ocean have ...
Tastes differ – even among North Atlantic killer whales
Killer whales (also known as orcas) are intelligent predators. While it’s known that killer whales in the Pacific Northwest exploit ...
First nursery of multiple shark species in the Eastern Atlantic described in Cape Verde
A new study carried out by Portuguese and Cape Verdean researchers reveals a shark nursery in the Sal Rey bay ...
New study is first to reveal that Indigenous communities with strong rights to their territories can resist land grabs and better protect and reforest their lands in Brazil’s fragmented Atlantic Forest (Revision)
WASHINGTON, DC (January 26, 2023) — A new study published today in PNAS Nexus revealed for the first time that Indigenous peoples, with ...
Cyclone researchers: Warming climate means more and stronger Atlantic tropical storms
AMES, Iowa – A warming climate will increase the number of tropical cyclones and their intensity in the North Atlantic, ...
Research into impacts of human occupation on the Brazilian Atlantic rainforest receives funding
An international team of researchers is preparing to explore how human occupation and land use over hundreds of years has ...
How do microplastic particles differ across the Atlantic Ocean?
The waters of the North Atlantic gyre contain significantly greater quantities of plastic – composed of polymers arising from packaging, ...
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Meteorites likely source of nitrogen for early Earth
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New implants linked to less infection and better recovery from orthopedic surgery
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‘Shocking’ discovery: Electricity from electric eels may transfer genetic material to nearby animals
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New study identifies the greatest threat to wildlife across North America and Canada: people
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Scientists build tiny biological robots from human cells
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Why have so many new diseases developed in the bagged salads sector?