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An online petition set up by actor and greenhead Ted Danson asks that President Obama do not approve of seismic airgun testing for oil and gas being carried out in the Atlantic Ocean.
More so given the fact that said testing activities are meant to pave the way for offshore exploration and drilling activities to be ... |
18 April 2013
04:22 GMT |
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Researchers at the Open University / Florida Institute of Technology say that they've recently uncovered evidence suggesting that the temperature swing patterns visible in the Atlantic Ocean have a direct influence on the climate of the western Amazonia.
Details of how this correlation works were published in t... |
1 October 2012
05:54 GMT |
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The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) says that Hurricane Michael is currently weakening in the Atlantic Ocean, and that no warnings are in effect. Currently cataloged as a Category 1 hurricane, the tropical storm is heading northwest.
The image above was snapped by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiomete... |
11 September 2012
04:17 GMT |
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Experts managing the Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study (SPURS) announce that the expedition is undergoing final preparations, ahead of a scheduled departure date tomorrow, September 6. The survey will deploy buoys to monitor salinity levels in the northern Atlantic Ocean.
The work will be led by e... |
5 September 2012
10:46 GMT |
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Across the Atlantic Ocean, microscopic organisms called phytoplankton are blooming, coloring the waves, and revealing intricate patches when seen from satellites. Thanks to support from the National Science Foundation, experts have recently been able to figure out why the blooms are so extensive now. The phenomenon... |
6 July 2012
04:22 GMT |
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Three days ago, on June 24, a NASA spacecraft captured this amazing view of a large sand storm blowing across the coasts of North Africa. Massive amounts of dust are blown above the Atlantic Ocean and will continue to spread around the world over the coming weeks.
This natural-color image was collected by the Moder... |
27 June 2012
05:07 GMT |
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According to a new report, it would appear that sea levels are increasing three to four times faster along certain portions of the US East Coast than globally. The study was compiled by researchers at the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The document, published in the June 24 online issue of the top scientif... |
25 June 2012
04:01 GMT |
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The Greenland Ice Sheet is the second-largest body of land-based ice in the world following Antarctica, and it's destabilizing. Experts say that meltwater produced by surface, or supraglacial, lakes is accelerating the rate at which the ice sheet is normally slipping from the island into the Atlantic Ocean.
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17 April 2012
09:22 GMT |
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A paper published in the January 31 issue of the esteemed scientific journal Geophysical Research Letters proposes that the Little Ice Age – a global cooling that occurred at the end of the 13th century, and lasted for about a century – was caused by volcanic eruptions.
The event was also supported by ex... |
31 January 2012
06:08 GMT |
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Sea surface in a particular area of the Arctic Ocean has increased by as much as 15 centimeters (6 inches) over the past 15 years, leading to the formation of a large bulge of freshwater. It is estimated that this region of the ocean contains as much as 8,000 cubic kilometers (1,919 cubic miles) of water.
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23 January 2012
05:59 GMT |
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Officials at the European Space Agency (ESA) have just released this amazing new image of a huge phytoplankton bloom in the Southern Atlantic Ocean. The photograph was compiled from data sent to Earth by the organization's flagship satellite, Envisat.
To me, it looks very much like a very beautiful drawing, esp... |
13 January 2012
10:52 GMT |
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A study led by experts at NASA determined that decades in which the North Atlantic Ocean is warmer than usual tend to lead to the creation of slow-moving winter weather systems. These atmospheric patterns are renowned for producing massive amounts of snowfall. Such systems can also form when Atlantic temperatures are... |
4 November 2011
12:06 GMT |
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During an expedition to the Mid-Cayman Rise south of Grand Cayman Island, in the Caribbean, a group of experts managed to discover two new species of animals, living in the incredibly-harsh conditions around a hydrothermal vent.
These structures are spots on the oceanic crust where gases and heat from the Earth&#... |
8 September 2011
04:12 GMT |
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While conducting investigations into the sediment layers on the floor of the North Atlantic Ocean, a team of geologists identified a submerged landscape that hints at the lost city of Atlantis. As evidenced by the attached image, this portion of the ocean floor looks as if it once was a plain above the waves. It feat... |
11 July 2011
03:24 GMT |
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A group of experts says that the first effects caused by the melting of Arctic ices are already beginning to show, after only three decades of decline. A species of single-celled alga, which went extinction in the northern Atlantic Ocean some 800,000 years ago, has now returned.The microorganisms was not brought to t... |
27 June 2011
10:43 GMT |
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A collaboration of researchers from multiple government agencies set out on June 4 on an expedition meant to analyze and map the deepwater canyons that exist at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.The research effort will be focused on an areas about 100 miles off the coast of Virginia and Maryland, where many of these ... |
10 June 2011
05:42 GMT |
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Data collected by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) indicates that this year's Atlantic hurricane season may exhibit an above-average level of activity. This means that authorities in disaster-prone areas should prepare for what's in store for them.
Current forecasts developed... |
21 May 2011
06:45 GMT |
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Europe's climate is mainly influenced by the Gulf Stream, experts agree, but a new study shows that currents passing over the southern tip of Africa may also play a regulatory role in this. The implication here is that the continent's climate may in the future be regulated by the Agulhas Current.As the effe... |
28 April 2011
07:54 GMT |
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Investigators with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) say that they recently identified a series of factors that may hinder climate models. One of them is the presence of the Greenland-Scotland Ridge in the North Atlantic Ocean. This structure may be influencing climate patterns in the area. Scientists are lo... |
3 February 2011
10:38 GMT |
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A group of investigators has recently determined that it is possible to determine how hurricane seasons will look like years in advance, thus opening up a new avenue of research in predicting weather across seasons. This discovery is very important because it could potentially help save thousands of lives in areas th... |
8 November 2010
01:30 GMT |
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Scientists have determined in a new study that deep waters in the Atlantic Ocean flowed backwards when compared to their current direction, some 20,000 years ago. The change in course may have had something to do with the last Ice Age, experts now propose.Today, the predominant direction for deep waters in the ocean ... |
4 November 2010
05:54 GMT |
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The results of a new scientific study would appear to suggest that the area now housing New York City was slammed by a large tsunami some 2,000 years ago. The deluge was most likely caused by an asteroid impact, the researchers explain.Even if the causes for tsunamis are now known to be earthquakes and volcanic activ... |
26 October 2010
09:51 GMT |
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Officials at the American space agency announced that last week saw the end of one of their largest ever hurricane studies, entitled the Genesis and Rapid Intensification Processes (GRIP) experiment.This investigations effort spanned more than two months of non-stop flights, that were carried out in an around the sto... |
8 October 2010
02:01 GMT |
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Researchers have recently published the results of an exhaustive research conducted on the Atlantic Garbage Patch, an area of the ocean that concentrates vast amounts of pollution derived from human activities. For years, various types of contaminants, mostly plastic debris, have accumulated into the brain, brought t... |
20 August 2010
05:53 GMT |
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Officials at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announce that experts investigating the causes and effects of algal bloom influencing coastal Atlantic communities have just been awarded a $1 million grant to continue their work.Preventing and controlling harmful algal blooms is of paramount... |
19 August 2010
03:09 GMT |
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Greenland has just lost a massive chunk of ice from its Petermann Glacier, experts report. The structure, which is an estimated four time the size of Manhattan, is now floating freely in the Atlantic Ocean. According to scientists, this is the first time since 1962 that such a massive piece of ice breaks loose, and t... |
7 August 2010
06:09 GMT |
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One of the most defining traits of any oil spill is the fact that it's black. The tar and crude cover the surface of land or water in a thin, black layer, which causes a lot of damage, and also gives the slick its characteristic look. But this does not appear to be the case with the most recent disaster of this ... |
25 May 2010
05:02 GMT |
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Geologists are very familiar with the Younger Dryas period, which occurred some 13,000 ears ago. It's not like something out of this world happened at this point, but geological records would seem to indicate that, just as the planet was exiting the last ice age, a new cold spell lasting several millennia struck... |
1 April 2010
02:43 GMT |
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Using their advanced Earth-sensing capabilities, experts at NASA determined that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, which is a part of the oceanic conveyor belt, had not slowed down over the past 15 years. The investigators say that the formation, which plays an instrumental part in regulating the tempe... |
26 March 2010
09:45 GMT |
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In the middle of the northern parts of the Atlantic Ocean lies the small island nation of Iceland. It is located at a very peculiar place, right on top of the Atlantic Ridge, which is sort of like a seam going southwards through the mid-Atlantic. What makes this ridge extremely special is that it produces new oceanic... |
23 March 2010
03:04 GMT |
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A group of scientists recently drew attention to the fact that a large iceberg currently roaming the Southern Ocean threatens to adversely affect the currents and weather patterns of the world. The enormous piece of ice broke off from the Mertz Glacier Tongue, which is a 60-kilometer-long slip of floating ice that pr... |
26 February 2010
03:43 GMT |
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While conducting a scientific study South of the Azores Islands, scientists at the EMEPC (Task Group for the Extension of the Portuguese Continental Shelf) discovered an underwater structure at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean that looked very much like an impact crater. The Fried Egg, as the formation was called, mi... |
18 December 2009
06:51 GMT |
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Geologists studying how the Mediterranean Sea formed now propose that the large body of water that separates Europe from Africa must have been created when waters from the Atlantic Ocean breached the strait of Gibraltar. They hypothesize that a large basin lay just below the strait's barrier, and that it was wel... |
10 December 2009
15:01 GMT |
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It's a known fact that the middle of the Atlantic Ocean is actually a huge ridge, which constantly generates new crust under the waters. The existing crust bulges outwards, while magma pours in from the upper layers of the mantle, solidifying as it does so, in a never-ending cycle. The ridge is the same that fir... |
13 November 2009
10:41 GMT |
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Studying ancient rocks, excavated from miles under the Earth's surface, can take geologists to amazing discoveries about the history of our planet, and the way the climate shifted over the billions of years of our history. Therefore, it came as little surprise to investigators when they learned that periods of g... |
13 August 2009
04:15 GMT |
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During World War II, numerous military and merchant ships en route to Europe were destroyed and sunken by the German U-boat (submarine) fleet, which incurred massive casualties and losses in resources to the Allies. A large part of the battle took place in the waters off the coast of North Carolina, and that's w... |
10 August 2009
04:50 GMT |
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Well, the global warming seems to have brought us enough bad news in the past decades, so scientists think it's finally time to release some good news. Contrary to the common belief that global warming would result in an increase in hurricane rates, a computer model simulated by the US National Oceanic and Atmos... |
19 May 2008
02:52 GMT |
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