Deciphering the intensity of past ocean currents
Details of past climate conditions are revealed to researchers not only by sediment samples from the ocean floor, but also ...
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Study of deep-sea corals reveals ocean currents have not fuelled rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide
Pioneering analysis of deep-sea corals has overturned the idea that ocean currents contributed to increasing global levels of carbon dioxide ...
Eddies: Circular currents and their influence on the world’s hottest ocean
Water from the Pacific Ocean flows into the Indian Ocean via the Indonesia Archipelago Seas thanks to a vast network ...
A better way to study ocean currents
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- To study ocean currents, scientists release GPS-tagged buoys in the ocean and record their velocities to reconstruct the ...
Converging ocean currents bring floating life and garbage together
The North Pacific “Garbage Patch” is home to an abundance of floating sea creatures, as well as the plastic waste ...
Laser light hybrids control giant currents at ultrafast times
Ultrafast laser control over the fundamental quantum degrees of freedom of matter represents the outstanding foundational challenge to be met ...
Deep ocean currents around Antarctica headed for collapse, study finds
The deep ocean circulation that forms around Antarctica could be headed for collapse, say scientists. Such decline of this ocean ...
Climate tipping: West Antarctica ice sheet collapse may stabilise northern ocean currents
It has been hypothesised, that the tipping of one element of the Earth’s system can catalyse the tipping of others ...
University of Rochester researchers go ‘outside the box’ to delineate major ocean currents
For the first time University of Rochester researchers have quantified the energy of ocean currents larger than 1,000 kilometers. In ...
New road towards spin-polarised currents
The second half of the 20th century was the age of electronics, electronic devices became miniaturised and even more complex, ...
Measuring currents in the heart at millimeter resolution with a diamond quantum sensor
Heart problems, such as tachycardia and fibrillation, arise mainly from imperfections in the way electric currents propagate through the heart. ...
Scripps Oceanography-led study predicts climate change accelerates ocean currents
An international team led by researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego used computer model simulations to ...
Climate change is making one of the world’s strongest currents flow faster
The Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), the only ocean current that circumnavigates the planet, is speeding up. For the first time, ...
The history of insects living on the open ocean tracked with the history of the currents they ride
The open oceans are harsh and hostile environments where insects might not be expected to thrive. In fact, only one ...
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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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New theory unites Einstein’s gravity with quantum mechanics
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‘Doughnut’ beams help physicists see incredibly small objects
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Training the immune system to prevent cancer – NextGen researchers discover paradigm-shifting approach
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